Google DeepMind 新任负责人 Koray Kavukcuoglu 称站在前沿是唯一要紧的事

有人猜测，谷歌并不关心在 AI 模型竞赛中领先，因为影响力更多取决于性价比。谷歌 DeepMind 负责人 Koray Kavukcuoglu 强烈反驳道：“直截了当地说，对我们来说，除了站在前沿之外，没有什么比这更重要。我百分之百确定我们会站在前沿。” 他承认谷歌目前的模型“略低于前沿”，但表示团队、资源和完整技术栈足以弥补差距。

不过，他没有透露任何具体的前沿新闻。谈到 Gemini 4 时，他重复说道这是“迄今为止最具野心的版本”，并且“碰运气吧，一切进展顺利”。这是早已知道的：https://the-decoder.com/google-ships-three-new-gemini-flash-models-but-its-frontier-3-5-pro-remains-lost-in-training/。 对于 Gemini 3.5 Pro 也没有新消息，该型号显然还在开发中，虽然现在已经滞后几个月。相反，Kavukcuoglu 指出 Flash 系列的快速进展：https://the-decoder.com/gemini-3-7-flash-lands-with-coding-gains-and-undercuts-its-three-week-old-predecessors-price-by-50/，并描述从 3.5 到 3.6 再到 3.7 的跳跃是从语言模型到编程代理的转变。“基本上，把整个东西从模型变成代理，”他说。“软件工程是你希望系统取得成功的最关键领域和环境。”

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Some people have speculated that Google doesn't care about leading the AI model race, since reach is more about price-to-performance. Google Deepmind chief Koray Kavukcuoglu pushed back hard: "To put it very bluntly, there's nothing other than being at the frontier that is important for us. I'm 100% certain that we will be at the frontier." He admits Google's current models are "a little bit below the frontier" but says the team, resources, and full stack are there to close the gap.

He didn't share any concrete frontier news, though. On Gemini 4, he repeated it's "the most ambitious run" so far and "touch wood, it's going well." That was already known：https://the-decoder.com/google-ships-three-new-gemini-flash-models-but-its-frontier-3-5-pro-remains-lost-in-training/. No update on Gemini 3.5 Pro either, which is apparently still in the works, although it's now months late. Instead, Kavukcuoglu pointed to the Flash series' rapid progress：https://the-decoder.com/gemini-3-7-flash-lands-with-coding-gains-and-undercuts-its-three-week-old-predecessors-price-by-50/, describing the jump from 3.5 through 3.6 to 3.7 as a shift from language model to coding agent. "Basically, turn this whole thing into an agent, from a model to an agent," he said. "Software engineering is the most critical domain and environment that you want your systems to be successful at."

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