Koray Kavukcuoglu

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, restricts early access to cybersecurity partners

Google introduced a new frontier AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, which DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says achieves strong results in software engineering, enterprise legal and finance tasks, and cybersecurity defense. The company is initially limiting access to select trusted cyber-defense partners while it engages with a U.S. government voluntary pre-release review process and strengthens safety measures against misuse and prompt injection before wider release.

theverge.com · 2026-09-30

Google DeepMind chief says Gemini 4 is in refinement, aims for early release

Koray Kavukcuoglu, in his first media appearance as Google DeepMind's leader, told The Information that Gemini 4 is in its post-training refinement stage and that Google hopes to release it well before year-end. He said Google would keep up 'fast-paced iterations,' and acknowledged the company shelved a planned Gemini 3.5 Pro update to focus on faster Flash models instead.

theverge.com · 2026-09-24