Koray Kavukcuoglu: “This Is How We Are Going to Build AGI”

In this episode of Release Notes, Logan Kilpatrick interviews Koray Kavukcuoglu, CTO of DeepMind and Chief AI Architect of Google, about Gemini 3 and the future of AI. They discuss the positive reception of Gemini 3, the continuous progress in AI research, and the importance of real-world applications and user feedback for model development. Kavukcuoglu emphasizes the significance of instruction following, internationalization, function calls, tool calls, and coding in enhancing AI capabilities. They also touch on Google's Antigravity platform, the role of product integration in improving models, and the collaborative effort across Google in developing and deploying AI technologies. Kavukcuoglu shares his perspective on DeepMind's journey, the balance between scientific exploration and scaling AI, and the cultural values that drive their work.