Google DeepMind CEO Koray Kavukcuoglu stated his intention to release Gemini 4 « much earlier than the end of the year. According to The Decoder, the model is already in the post-training phase and is being used internally within the Antigravity programming tool.
Kavukcuoglu described the discussion on AGI, which was important to his predecessor Demis Hassabis, as not the most appropriate conversation, highlighting system reliability as a more critical priority.
If The Decoder's description is accurate, this news indicates an intensified product focus at DeepMind: the key benchmarks are becoming the speed of the Gemini 4 launch and practical reliability. However, only synoptic information from a single independent publication is available, without primary confirmation from Google DeepMind.
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Why it matters
The likely consequence is increased pressure on the DeepMind team regarding release timelines and reliability verification. The next observable signal will be an official release date or a public statement from Google DeepMind regarding Gemini 4. Significant uncertainty remains: the package is based on a single synoptic description from The Decoder and lacks primary confirmation.