Baby Steps isn't done with Maxi Boch

Maxi Boch isn’t done with Baby Steps. Boch has enjoyed a productive career in game development and she knows how it feels to be creatively finished with a project. She experienced it at various poin [...]

Google DeepMind's Genie 3 can dynamically alter the state of its simulated worlds

At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They're capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, [...]

Google leaders including Demis Hassabis push back on claim of uneven AI adoption internally

A viral post on X from veteran programmer and former Google engineer Steve Yegge set off a rhetorical firestorm this week, drawing sharp public rebuttals from some of Google’s most prominent AI lead [...]

Google Deepmind loses both its CEO and chief scientist as Demis Hassabis and Jeff Dean step down simultaneously

Google Deepmind is overhauling its leadership as Demis Hassabis steps back from day-to-day management to become Alphabet's chief scientist and Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years to launch AI [...]

Demis Hassabis says Google DeepMind had to return to its startup roots after the Brain merger

In short: Demis Hassabis, speaking on the 20VC podcast with Harry Stebbings in early April 2026, described how Google DeepMind has accelerated its pace over the past two to three years by merging Goo [...]

Google’s Gemini 3.7 Flash targets coding and agents with a 50% introductory price cut

Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new version of its workhorse AI model that puts coding, agentic workflows and knowledge work at the center of the upgrade — while temporarily cutting API pr [...]

Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit

Google Deepmind is losing its autonomy, and founder Demis Hassabis may leave the AI lab for good in the coming months. AI researcher Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over day-to-day operations without the [...]

Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts first AGI systems within decade

Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis expects the first forms of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to emerge within five to ten years, though significant technical challenges remain.<br /> The [...]

Deepmind CEO Hassabis: World models are the future, but the AI bubble is real

With Gemini 3 Pro, Google aims to reclaim AI leadership. But Deepmind-CEO Demis Hassabis is already looking ahead to the next, expensive stage of AI development, warning of a bubble in the private mar [...]