Google Staff Trash-Talk Gemini 4 to Press, Colleague Fires Back
josh_wills · x · 2026-10-01
A spat broke out over Google employees criticizing Gemini 4 to the press. Matt Slotnick argued that with 190K employees you can always find a few to say bad things about Gemini 4, but questioned why anyone would talk down colleagues' efforts to create value for customers and shareholders. Josh Wills replied that they were competing for promo.
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