Google Deepmind chief prioritizes frontier AI lead

google deepmind's new chief, koray kavukcuoglu, has asserted that leading the frontier of ai is the company's top priority. he dismissed speculation that google is not focused on leading the ai model race, stating that 'there's nothing other than being at the frontier that is important for us.' kavukcuoglu acknowledged that google's current models are 'a little bit below the frontier' but expressed confidence in the team's ability to close the gap with the resources and full stack available. he highlighted the progress of the flash series, which has rapidly advanced from 3.5 to 3.7, shifting from a language model to a coding agent.