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CTO, Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, Google · May 19, 2026 · Post, Introducing Gemini Omni

Omni draws on Gemini's knowledge to connect language, imagery and meaning in ways that go far beyond pattern matching.

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Said by
Koray Kavukcuoglu, CTO, Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, Google
Where
Introducing Gemini Omni
Topics
Research
Company
DeepMind
Source
blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni/

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