Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief
Google DeepMind’s new chief says Gemini 4 is in refinement and should launch well before year-end.
Koray Kavukcuoglu, in his first media appearance as head of Google DeepMind, told The Information that Gemini 4 is in refinement and that Google wants to release an early post-training version well before the end of 2026. Google has not shipped a new flagship since the Gemini 3 series in November 2025. A Gemini 3.5 Pro update that CEO Sundar Pichai said would arrive in June was never released; Kavukcuoglu said the company instead focused on faster Flash models. He said OpenAI’s GPT-6 and Anthropic’s Mythos models, launched since Gemini 3, outperform it. Former DeepMind lead Demis Hassabis stepped down in August.
- Gemini 4 is in refinement, with a launch targeted before the end of 2026.
- Google has not shipped a flagship since the Gemini 3 series in November 2025.
- A promised Gemini 3.5 Pro update was skipped in favor of faster Flash models.
- The article says GPT-6 and Anthropic’s Mythos already outperform Gemini 3.
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Google is reportedly nearing the launch of its long awaited Gemini 4 model, after dawdling behind rival developers on flagship AI releases. Speaking with The Information during his first media appearance as the leader of Google's DeepMind division, Koray Kavukcuoglu said that Gemini 4 is currently in its refinement stage, and that the company is aiming to launch the model "much earlier" than the end of the year.
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