Google DeepMind Launches Watermarking Tool SynthID for Invisible Marking and Identifying AI Images


On September 16, Google and DeepMind researchers established the DeepMind Institute to promote interdisciplinary discussions on artificial general intelligence (AGI). The board includes Shane Legg, James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis, with Legg serving as executive editor. The institute emphasizes presenting diverse perspectives from Google, DeepMind, and the global research community. It has released four articles focusing on AGI's economic policy, model reasoning transparency, principles for human prosperity, and cutting-edge AI.
UK AI startup Emulate launches new round targeting up to $700M at ~$3.7B valuation, led by Index Ventures. Founded Aug 2026, founders are ex-DeepMind, built Genie world model generating realistic video and interactive 3D from brief prompts, shaking gaming.....
The AI industry debates AGI's arrival: Jensen Huang claims OpenAI's Astra launch signals AGI has arrived; DeepMind chief AGI scientist Shane Legg counters that it's premature, noting AGI by OpenAI's charter definition is not yet achieved.....
Google DeepMind researcher Josh Engels left to join independent AI evaluator METR. He called the chance of AI causing huge harm within five years "scarily high," and rejected offers from Anthropic and OpenAI, fueling concerns over AI safety and development speed.....
Google is expected to launch the new model Gemini 3.8 Flash, which has significantly improved programming capabilities, as early as Wednesday. Its internal code name is "Skimaki." In the Jetski programming tool comparison test, engineers preferred it over Anthropic's Opus model, indicating that Google is rapidly closing the gap with Anthropic in core programming capabilities.