DeepMind chief hints Gemini 4 lands before year-end, says Google is "certainly at the frontier"
koraykv · x · 2026-09-24
Jessica Lessin interviewed Koray Kavukcuoglu at The Information's AI Summit — his first since taking over all of Google DeepMind. Key takeaways: Gemini 4 is coming soon (body language suggested before end of year) and he claims Google is "certainly at the frontier"; he sees no need to slow down, arguing safety is always built in lockstep, and went deep on chain-of-thought work when pressed about looped transformers; and he remains a firm believer in Google's continued TPU hardware advantage. Full video to come.
More from Companies & People
- VentureTwins maps the B2A economy: dozens of agent infra and app companies in first series installment — venturetwins · 2026-11-12
- How DoorDash's GenAI platform team lets engineers build with AI quickly and safely — charles_irl · 2026-11-12
- Databricks launches autonomous AI coworker Genie: 91% on enterprise tasks with half the tokens — Yuchenj_UW · 2026-11-12
- Anthropic Lead SWE makes ~10x a GS-13's pay — called a national security blunder — harris_edouard · 2026-11-12
- a16z podcast: Mike Volpi on Cisco's 70+ acquisition playbook and the AI buildout — a16z · 2026-11-12
- Nuro podcast: manufacturing, charging, and regulation gate robotaxi mass adoption — R_D · 2026-11-12