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Gemma 2 2B Base

READER SUMMARY

The base checkpoint of Google's Gemma 2 2B open model, small enough for laptops, edge devices and free cloud hardware with broad runtime support.

DOOM SCORE39.9out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index
CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1

Why this model scores 39.9

Low intrinsic capability and autonomy are offset by near-frictionless local deployment and unrestricted replication across consumer and edge hardware.

Capability29
Autonomy2
Deployment98
Misuse potential28
Control difficulty48
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MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to Gemma 2 2B Base

The model score of 39.9 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 63.2 measures the recalibrated complete evidence corpus. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION-0.02

Each article's leave-one-out Doom Index contribution is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being claimed in full on several model pages. Model risk scores are recalculated from their technical profile and related news, but never feed back into the overall index.

SafetyAWAY

Google releases Gemma Scope interpretability suite

Google DeepMind released more than 400 open sparse autoencoders covering every layer of Gemma 2 2B and 9B, alongside interactive tools and open ShieldGemma safety classifiers for model inputs and outputs.

Full item contribution
-0.05
Gemma 2 2B Base equal share
-0.03
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DeploymentTOWARD

Google releases open Gemma 2 2B models

Google released Gemma 2 2B base and instruction models for local, edge and cloud use, with commercially usable downloadable weights, broad framework support and availability through hosted model services.

Full item contribution
+0.01
Gemma 2 2B Base equal share
+0.01
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AUDIT TRAIL

Model score history

  1. R1
    Doom Score 39.9

    New exact Gemma 2 2B base checkpoint.

    12 Aug 2026