{
  "id": 14937013,
  "title": "Google co-founder Sergey Brin says AI models are helping build its own successors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-says-ai-models-are-helping-build-its",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T10:37:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-says-companys-ai-is-helping-build-its-own-successors-hinting-no-slowing-down-of-ai-development/articleshow/134991666.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google co-founder Sergey Brin announced that artificial intelligence (AI) models are playing a growing role in the development of the company's own successors. Speaking at a roundtable about Google's latest Gemini 4 model, Argon, Brin revealed that humans and AI are collaborating to design and train future AI systems.\n\nBrin explained that Google is reaching a critical technical milestone known as recursive self-improvement (RSI), where an AI model assists in engineering superior algorithms, codebases, and architectures. This automated flywheel effect speeds up the development of subsequent generations, drastically reducing the time required for each generation. Brin noted that the rapid succession of Google's Flash models before Gemini 4 demonstrates that these automated engineering loops are already occurring.\n\nHe expressed excitement about the pace of Google's internal research, stating that by the time the public sees updates on the Gemini 4 rollout, internal engineering teams will likely already be a few model iterations ahead. Brin emphasized that AI agents are now high-leverage assistants, contributing to the majority of production code and bug fixes, though these changes are still subject to human review.\n\nThe Google co-founder also stated that Google teams are already evaluating an advanced, unreleased successor to Argon, with the expectation that progress will continue to accelerate. Despite this enthusiasm, Brin's comments arrive amid calls from some tech leaders for AI companies to slow down development, highlighting the perceived risks and \"doomerism\" surrounding artificial intelligence.",
  "summary": "Sergey Brin highlighted the remarkable acceleration of Google's AI advancements, focusing on the creation of models that learn and improve themselves. He shared insights on how these models work closely with researchers to optimize future versions. Following the recent Flash series, the internal teams are making considerable strides, with innovations surpassing public announcements. Anticipate an…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}