Google’s Gemini delay exposes a deeper problem: employee morale
23-07-2026 16:58 via thenextweb.com

Google’s Gemini delay exposes a deeper problem: employee morale

Google is losing a race it once led, and the problem may be its own people. Six current and former DeepMind employees told Axios that low morale is slowing the lab’s model releases, Axios reported. The immediate symptom is Gemini 3.5 Pro. Google’s most powerful model is months behind, according to Bloomberg. Google did ship […]
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