Sundar Pichai announced leadership changes at Google DeepMind in which Demis Hassabis steps down from the CEO post to become Chair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, citing the proximity of AGI. Koray Kavukcuoglu, previously Chief Technology Officer, takes over as Senior Vice President reporting to Pichai and will oversee Gemini model development, Frontier AI research, and the Gemini app and developer teams.
Corrected announcement weekday from Thursday to Wednesday (Aug 5, 2026).
He stressed the need to “collectively get the next steps right to ensure this all goes well for humanity.”
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Alphabet announced $127.6 billion in Q3 2026 revenue, up 25 percent from a year earlier. Google Cloud revenue more than doubled while the Gemini app reached one billion users.
Artificial Analysis ranks Google's Gemini 4 Carbon first on its Intelligence Index v5.0, 59 to 58 over Claude Opus 5.5 (Max), but access is limited to a subset of cyber defenders via Google's Fairwind Program this week, with no general availability date.
Google is beginning to roll out Personal Intelligence in Gemini to Android Auto today, with cars that have Google built-in following in the next few months. The feature is off by default and lets Gemini use data from apps like Gmail and Calendar to answer driving requests.
Google's Gemini 4 Argon is a robotics-focused model that scores 87% on the Embodied Reasoning benchmark. The model enables new control, simulation, and self-improvement workflows across the robotics stack.
Google made Gemini 4 Argon available worldwide on October 13 for Pro and Ultra subscribers as well as API users. The move includes Pro access not mentioned in earlier plans and adds openings for new partners plus researchers.
