Google DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in the early phase of post-training and hopes it will be released "much earlier" than the end of 2026 (Laura Bratton/The Information)

Google DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu announced that Gemini 4 is currently in the early post-training phase. He expressed optimism that the release of this newest flagship model would occur "much earlier" than the end of 2026. This statement, reported by Laura Bratton of The Information, indicates that Google is nearing the launch of its next-generation AI model, according to the head of its DeepMind division.