DeepMind’s bold AGI timeline: 5 years to PhD-level bots?

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Google keeps sprinting ahead.

It just launched fresh Gemini features, pushing the Gemini app to #1 in Apple’s store and overtaking X, Threads, and ChatGPT. The company’s value passed $3 trillion—adding $1.2 trillion in five months making it only the fourth firm ever to reach that mark.

DeepMind and the University of Toronto outlined a “virtual agent economy,” where autonomous programs hire one another and pay instantly possibly with cryptocurrency to finish tasks too fast for people to oversee.

Image creation still brings the most new users. Google’s “Nano Banana” tool repeats the viral success ChatGPT saw with “DALL-E Gibly.”

Yet friction rises.

Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone and Billboard, sued Google, claiming AI search summaries steal readers and ad money.

Hundreds of data-labeling contractors at Google and Elon Musk’s xAI were cut, showing how labor needs are shifting.

DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis says a single system that matches a PhD across all subjects is five-to-ten years away, easing fears of an immediate bubble, while rival voices argue progress is quicker.

Despite lawsuits and layoffs, packed research pipelines, soaring share prices, and constant product launches suggest no coming “AI winter.”

KEY POINTS

• Google hits a $3 trillion market value; Gemini app rises to the top of the App Store.

• DeepMind/Toronto propose an autonomous “agent economy” for instant software-to-software trade.

• Image generators like “Nano Banana” lure users faster than text or video tools.

• Penske Media sues Google over traffic loss; hundreds of data-labeling jobs are cut.

• Leaders debate when true human-level AI will arrive, but research and revenue keep accelerating.

Why it matters

Google’s wins steer how people meet and pay for AI, reshape media profits, and hint at new job types—and losses. The proposed agent economy could let software do business on its own, speeding work and cutting costs. Knowing these shifts helps everyone prepare for rapid changes in work, law, and daily life.

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