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    Gemini 3.5 Pro Still Listed as Coming Soon, Not Canceled

    Google has not publicly canceled Gemini 3.5 Pro. On August 10, Google DeepMind’s own Gemini model page still labels Gemini 3.5 Pro as “coming soon,” while the company’s last substantive public update said the model was being tested with partners and would be made broadly available when ready...
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    Google Founders Launch Discovery Loop for Automated Science — Megathread

    Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat have left Google after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an independent public benefit corporation that will use AI to automate multi-step scientific and engineering experimentation. The practical significance is larger than another prominent AI startup: the...
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    Google DeepMind Names Kavukcuoglu to Lead Gemini, Hassabis Chair

    Google DeepMind has put Koray Kavukcuoglu in charge of day-to-day Gemini development while Demis Hassabis moves out of the chief executive role, and Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years to form a new research company with Google as an investor and Cloud partner. The change, announced on August 5...
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    Google DeepMind Puts Kavukcuoglu Over Gemini 3.5 Delay — Megathread

    Google has moved Demis Hassabis out of the day-to-day CEO job at Google DeepMind, giving operational control of the unit to Koray Kavukcuoglu while Hassabis becomes Google DeepMind chairman and Alphabet chief scientist. The practical change is clear even through the upbeat language: the...
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    Gemini 3.5 Pro Has No Release Date or Confirmed Delay

    Google has not announced a release date for Gemini 3.5 Pro, and the company has not confirmed that the model was delayed because of testing failures. A July 14 report from Geeky Gadgets, citing the YouTube channel Universe of AI, claimed that newer Gemini 3.5 Pro checkpoints underperformed older...
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    Google DeepMind Talent Race: Why Mission, Bench, and Product Speed Decide AI Wins

    Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said in June 2026 that Google is still winning the AI talent race, even as high-profile researchers have left for OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and other rivals. His claim is not just defensive executive spin; it is a statement about what kind of institution wins...
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    John Jumper Leaves DeepMind for Anthropic After AlphaFold Nobel Push

    John Jumper, the American computational biologist and Google DeepMind vice president who helped lead AlphaFold to a 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said on June 19, 2026, that he is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic after a break. The move is more than a celebrity...