Google AI: Release Notes

Demis Hassabis on shipping momentum, better evals and world models

Episode Summary

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, sits down with host Logan Kilpatrick. In this episode, learn about the evolution from game-playing AI to today's thinking models, how projects like Genie 3 are building world models to help AI understand reality and why new testing grounds like Kaggle’s Game Arena are needed to evaluate progress on the path to AGI. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njDochQ2zHs

Episode Notes

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, sits down with host Logan Kilpatrick. In this episode, learn about the evolution from game-playing AI to today's thinking models, how projects like Genie 3 are building world models to help AI understand reality and why new testing grounds like Kaggle’s Game Arena are needed to evaluate progress on the path to AGI.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njDochQ2zHs

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - Recent GDM momentum
02:07 - Deep Think and agent systems
04:11 - Jagged intelligence
07:02 - Genie 3 and world models
10:21 - Future applications of Genie 3
13:01 - The need for better benchmarks and Kaggle Game Arena
19:03 - Evals beyond games
21:47 - Tool use for expanding AI capabilities
24:52 - Shift from models to systems
27:38 - Roadmap for Genie 3 and the omni model
29:25 - The quadrillion token club