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Gemma 4 runs locally on Mac hardware, near AGI on the go claims

April 4, 2026Beff – e/acc, Min Choi, Machine Learning Street Talk

Beff and others hype Gemma 4 as strong enough to run privately on high memory Mac laptops and desktops, framing local deployment as a practical alternative to cloud subscriptions and bans.

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Google's Gemma 4 on a 128 GB Macbook Pro is near AGI on the go, no internet needed
10. Run private AI w/ Gemma 4 on Mac Studio + Tailscale to your phone
I couldn't find any benchmarks of folks running the Gemma models on an M4 Max
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Beff – e/acc
Min Choi
Machine Learning Street Talk
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Google Gemma 4 positioned as free open source alternativeClaude Code plan rate limits and pricing tradeoffsCodex vs Claude Code competition and MCP as the battleground
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