Will average users notice Gemini 3's improvements

Google’s much anticipated new large language model Gemini 3 begins rolling out today. We’ll tell you what we learned from an early product briefing and bring you our conversation with Google executives Demis Hassabis and Josh Woodward, just ahead of the launch.

Guests:

• Demis Hassabis, chief executive and co-founder of Google DeepMind
• Josh Woodward, vice president of Google Labs and Google Gemini

Additional Reading: 

• The Man Who ‘A.G.I.-Pilled’ Google

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