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Multiple AI model releases are delayed: GPT-5.6 now expected mid-July, DeepMind's 3.5 Pro postponed, while OpenAI's Bidi voice model and Claude Sonnet 5 for enterprises see progress.

Google's DeepMind is partnering with A24 to develop AI-powered movie production tools, with an investment of approximately $75 million, aiming to help filmmakers expand storytelling possibilities.

Google is investing $75 million in A24 as part of a DeepMind AI partnership, combining AI with entertainment.

A forum discussion speculating on which AI lab will achieve AGI first, referencing past predictions by Google, recent capabilities from OpenAI and Anthropic, and the competitive nature of DeepMind's Demis Hassabis.

Google faces talent loss as key researchers leave for OpenAI and Anthropic, and its Gemini-3.1-Pro is falling behind. The article speculates on whether upcoming Gemini-3.5-Pro can help Google catch up, with predictions on release date, capabilities, and pricing.

A 58-page paper from Google DeepMind on building agents specialized in game theory, highlighting key insights from the research.

DeepMind reportedly struggles to keep up with Anthropic and OpenAI, with its 3.5 Pro model not providing the significant advancement needed to be competitive.

In three days, Noam Shazeer (co-author of the Transformer paper) left Google for OpenAI, and Nobel laureate John Jumper (AlphaFold lead) left Google DeepMind for Anthropic, marking significant talent shifts in AI.

Google DeepMind introduces the AI Control Roadmap, a defense-in-depth framework for securing AI agents against risks from misalignment, calling for collaborative prioritization across AI labs, government, and academia.

Google DeepMind shares data indicating that most AI agent issues stem from command misinterpretation or excessive goal-seeking, not malicious intent, highlighting the need for refined safety protocols.

This paper presents a systematic audit of the Physics-IQ benchmark for evaluating physical understanding in video generative models, proposing improvements to prompts and scoring to enhance reliability.

Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government to develop an AI-powered planning prototype using Gemini, aiming to halve the time for processing householder planning applications and help build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

DeepMind introduces an AI Control Roadmap, a defense-in-depth framework for securing internal AI agents against potential misalignment, treating them as insider threats and implementing layered detection, prevention, and response measures.

Google DeepMind's pre-training lead Vlad Feinberg highlights kernel development and low-level performance engineering as high-demand skills for frontier AI labs.

Interview with Google DeepMind's pre-training area lead Vlad Feinberg about landing jobs at frontier AI labs, covering needed skills, research vs engineering differences, and scaling laws.

A former Meta AI researcher shares a 10-point thread on the UK's sovereign AI debate, arguing that smaller, well-scoped teams can validate new directions without billions, and that nurturing local talent and managing expectations are crucial for the UK's AI ecosystem.

A detailed guide on ML job interviews for top AI labs, sharing the author's experience getting offers from DeepMind and others, emphasizing the need for strong engineering and math skills beyond research papers.

DeepMind researcher Brendan O'Donoghue provides an in-depth introduction to text diffusion models, which generate text through iterative denoising. Compared to autoregressive models, they offer lower latency but limited throughput, and demonstrate unique advantages such as self-correction and dynamic computation.

Google DeepMind partners with Palmeiras, the first football club to build upon TacticAI, an AI system that simulates field scenarios and predicts open play dynamics up to 8 seconds ahead.

Silvia Sapora shares a comprehensive guide on interviewing for Research Scientist roles at top AI labs, covering preparation, logistics, negotiation, and emotional challenges, based on her successful experience landing offers from DeepMind and others.