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vLLM adds Gemma and StableLM support with transformers backend update

vLLM has released version 0.34.0rc0, which includes a new backend for the transformers library. This update enables support for Gemma and StableLM models. The release was tagged by Harry Mellor and includes a co-authored-by line from Claude Opus 5.5. AI

IMPACT Enhances infrastructure for running open-source models like Gemma and StableLM.

RANK_REASON This is a release of a software library (vLLM) that supports various AI models, rather than a release of a frontier AI model itself.

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vLLM adds Gemma and StableLM support with transformers backend update

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  1. vLLM — Releases TIER_1 English(EN) · hmellor ·

    v0.34.0rc0: [Transformers backend] Migrate Gemma and StableLM (#66393)

    <p>Signed-off-by: Harry Mellor <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br /> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>