ClaimsDemis Hassabis

“Yeah, well, so the way it works with our different version numbers is we try to collect, so maybe it takes roughly six months or something to do a new kind of full run and the full productization of a new version.”

Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind CEO 23 July 2025 Transcript for Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games (#475) (Lex Fridman)

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Hassabis said it maybe takes roughly six months or something to do a new full run and the full productization of a new version of the model.

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Internal development timelines of training and productization are known mainly to Google DeepMind.

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Demis Hassabis, “Hassabis said it maybe takes roughly six months or something to do a new full run and the full productization of a new version of the model.” (said 23 July 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_2fefa1f6c962, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_2fefa1f6c962

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