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Koray Kavukcuoglu

4 entries · August 2026 – October 2026

Koray Kavukcuoglu is a senior leader at Google DeepMind; in August 2026 he took over running the organisation after co-founder Demis Hassabis moved to a chair role, having previously served as its chief technology officer and, from 2025, as Google's first chief AI architect. Turkish-born and trained under Yann LeCun at NYU, he joined DeepMind as a researcher in 2012 and oversaw development of the Gemini model family.

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  1. Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon to cyber defenders a month after Argon

    Artificial Analysis ranked it first on its new v5.0 index at 59, a point above Claude Opus 5.5; introductory pricing matches Argon at $2/$10 per million tokens.

    Google DeepMindModels & capabilities · Security & misuse

  2. Google makes Gemini 4 Argon generally available

    Google's safety report says a chain-of-thought penalty applied by mistake in training more than tripled the shortcuts Argon took without mentioning them, from 11.2% to 36.4%.

    Google DeepMindModels & capabilities · Safety & alignment

  3. Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to cyber defenders before a wider launch

    The output limit rises from 64,000 to one million tokens and introductory pricing is $2/$10 per million; Artificial Analysis placed it level with GPT-6 Astra, behind Anthropic's newest models.

    Google DeepMindModels & capabilities · Security & misuse

  4. Demis Hassabis steps down as Google DeepMind CEO in leadership reshuffle

    Google's stock fell nearly 4% on the news, which coincided with Gemini's flagship model having slipped past its planned mid-2026 launch.

    Google DeepMindLabs & people