Google exec confirms Gemini 4 is 'most ambitious pre-training run yet'
OfficialLoganK · x · 2026-08-14
Google AI lead Logan Kilpatrick confirmed that Gemini 4 is Google's most ambitious pre-training run yet, responding to a tweet suggesting Google focuses on smaller, cheaper, faster models and can afford a long game since it doesn't need AI to survive. Gemini is already in search, making efficiency critical.
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