Google DeepMind Accelerates Gemini 4 Launch as Competitive Pressure Mounts

Google's DeepMind division said Friday that its next-generation Gemini 4 model has entered early post-training and could launch "much earlier" than year-end, signaling renewed urgency in the race against Anthropic and OpenAI. Koray Kavukcuoglu, elevated to Google DeepMind's top post in August, disclosed the milestone during a public appearance at The Information's AI Agenda Live Summit, stating the team's "intention is to release an early post-training output as soon as possible because we see the results and we are excited."