Google DeepMind just pushed its flagship Gemini 4 model into the post-training phase, aiming for a release well before the end of the year. DeepMind lead Koray Kavukcuoglu noted that an early version could drop as soon as possible, as Google scraps Gemini 3.5 Pro to chase rival models from Anthropic and OpenAI.
Google just fell months behind schedule releasing its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model after it failed internal coding benchmarks. A late-June attempt to refresh training data yielded disappointing results, and competing internal teams across Cloud, DeepMind, and Android are compounding delays. Alphabet shares slid 3.2% as engineers voice frustration over falling behind OpenAI and Anthropic.
Google just positioned Gemini 3.5 Pro for a July release, making it the only top-tier frontier model dodging Washington's sudden cybersecurity clampdown. With Anthropic's Fable 5 sidelined and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 restricted to select partners over red-team scores, Google is looking to capture stranded developers with a massive 2-million-token context window.
Google just unveiled the Gemini 3.5 model family, kicking things off with 3.5 Flash. It beats Gemini 3.1 Pro across key coding and agentic benchmarks while outputting tokens four times faster than rival frontier models. The model is already live in the Gemini app, Google Search AI Mode, and APIs, with 3.5 Pro slated for next month.
