Deepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the door

Koray Kavukcuoglu, the head of DeepMind, announced plans to release the Gemini 4 model sooner than expected, as it is currently in post-training and operates internally within the coding tool Antigravity. Kavukcuoglu believes that the AGI conversation is not the right one, emphasizing the importance of developing trustworthy agents. This follows the quiet disappearance of Gemini 3.5 Pro and the departure of many top researchers to OpenAI and Anthropic. DeepMind's labs, originally aimed at achieving AGI, have shifted focus to becoming a product shop dedicated to developing effective tools, reflecting a significant change in their research strategy.