Gemini was almost called Titan, but Google lawyers deemed it too aggressive
TorturedPoet30 · reddit · 2026-10-29
A passage from a new book on the AI race reveals that Demis Hassabis wanted to name Google's flagship model "Titan" after the Greek gods, but Google's lawyers judged the name too aggressive. They went with Jeff Dean's softer suggestion, Gemini — a reference to twins and a merger of equals. The page also notes Gemini progressed slowly until ChatGPT's launch accelerated everything, with Pichai prioritizing tearing down walls between Brain and DeepMind.
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