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Industry·Sep 1·all news from September 1, 2026

Google Deepmind's new chief says frontier AI leadership is the only thing that matters

Google Deepmind head Koray Kavukcuoglu acknowledged that the company’s current models trail the leading edge of AI development. He expressed confidence that Google will regain its competitive position, though he provided no specific technical milestones or timelines to support this outlook.

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