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Report: Gemini 4 is in early post-training; DeepMind leader wants it out well before year-end
- Current status
- Reported
- Companies
- Google DeepMind
- Happened
- Sep 24, 2026
- Last updated
- Sep 24, 9:53 AM PT (revision 1)
- Evidence
- 1 report · 1 independent chain (adjudicated)
What happened
In an on-record interview with The Information, Koray Kavukcuoglu, SVP of Google DeepMind since August, said Gemini 4 is in early post-training and that he wants it released much earlier than year-end.
Why it matters
It gives a timing marker for Google's next frontier model, which matters for every lab and app company competing on model quality. It's tracked as an open claim that resolves on public release.
Uncertainty
This is a stated intention, not a release date.
Evidence and provenance
- Coveragechain: the-informationGoogle's DeepMind nears launch of Gemini 4GuruFocus · published Sep 24, 2026 · gurufocus.com · rev 1Rewrite of The Information's interview (paywalled; URL not captured).