Pichai: Gemini 4 is in training, a far bigger effort, coding is the priority
anni_sen · x · 2026-09-17
The author says they stopped using Gemini long ago, having switched entirely to Astra and Claude. But citing the Q2 2026 earnings call: Pichai said "We are now training Gemini 4, and we're being very ambitious with it," described it as significantly larger than any prior Gemini, and named coding and agentic coding as the areas Google most needs to improve.
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