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Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion

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568 points PaulHoule | 5 comments | 07 Jul 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | source
1. fastball ◴[07 Jul 25 13:50 UTC] No.44490372[source]▶
ICYMI, DeepMind also has a Gemini model that is diffusion-based[1]. I've tested it a bit and while (like with this model) the speed is indeed impressive, the quality of responses was much worse than other Gemini models in my testing.

[1] https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-diffusion/

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2. tripplyons ◴[07 Jul 25 17:23 UTC] No.44492577[source]▶
Is the Gemini Diffusion demo free? I've been on the waitlist for it for a few weeks now.
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3. Powdering7082 ◴[07 Jul 25 17:26 UTC] No.44492612[source]▶
From my minor testing I agree that it's crazy fast and not that good at being correct
4. rany_ ◴[08 Jul 25 00:21 UTC] No.44495836[source]▶
Yes it is.
5. MattSayar ◴[08 Jul 25 17:19 UTC] No.44502043[source]▶
It took me a few weeks to get access. In the meantime Simon has a decent demo here https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/21/gemini-diffusion/