#google-deepmind

Major AI labs are rapidly hiring philosophers to tackle value alignment and societal impact, reshaping both the tech industry and academic philosophy curricula.

At I/O 2026, Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Omni, a multimodal family that generates video from combined image, audio, and text inputs, signaling a shift from generative to simulational AI.

Google DeepMind's CEO argues that companies using AI to cut jobs are strategically misguided; the real opportunity lies in amplifying engineer productivity.

Project Genie can now generate interactive simulations anchored to real streets using 280 billion images from 20 years of Street View data collection.

Google DeepMind introduces three experimental AI tools designed to accelerate scientific research by automating literature synthesis, hypothesis generation, and computational experiment design.

Gemini Omni Flash enables users to generate and edit videos through natural language prompts, combining multimodal inputs with real-world knowledge.

Trial testimony in Musk v. Altman reveals Elon Musk was intensely fixated on Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis throughout OpenAI's founding years, shaping the lab's competitive urgency.

Over a thousand DeepMind London staffers seek union recognition to block AI contracts they say aid Israeli military operations and other harm.

Google DeepMind's AI co-clinician achieved a critical-error rate of zero in 97 of 98 simulated clinical queries, outperforming tools already in routine physician use.