Google plans Gemini 4 release before year-end
Google’s Gemini 4 AI model is in the early days of post-training, the phase in which a base AI model is refined to behave reliably, and should be released “much earlier” than the end of this year, Google DeepMind head Koray Kavukcuoglu told The Information at its AI Agenda Live Summit. Some Google observers have speculated that this could be as early as October. Kavukcuoglu recently replaced…
Google plans to release its next-generation AI model, Gemini 4, before the end of the year, according to Koray Kavukcuoglu, head of Google DeepMind. Kavukcuoglu, who recently replaced DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis, stated that the model is in the early stages of post-training refinement. Some observers speculate that Gemini 4 could be released as early as October.
The launch of Gemini 4 may quell concerns about the delayed release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, which was initially expected to be announced at Google's May 2026 developer conference. While lower-capacity models within the Gemini 3 family have undergone frequent updates since their November 2025 release, the more advanced Gemini 3 Pro has only received one update.
In contrast, OpenAI and Anthropic have released multiple updates to their leading AI models since then. Despite this, Google has focused its efforts on enhancing less powerful, more affordable Gemini versions, launching three Gemini Flash models in July for routine AI tasks. However, the company has remained silent about its high-end counterpart.
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