Google's Gemini 4 Just Sent a New Signal to AI Investors

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (GOOGL, Financials) is nearing the launch of its next-generation Gemini 4 AI model as Google DeepMind takes the system into the last stages of development."We are now in the early stages of post-training for Gemini 4," Koray Kavukcuoglu, head of Google DeepMind, stated Wednesday. That procedure includes adjusting the base model to make it more reliable and perform better before it is deployed more widely.The timing is crucial as Google is still battling OpenAI and Anthropic for market share in AI models, while Meta is also attracting attention with its AI solutions.For Google, Gemini is a growing piece of its overall AI strategy, which also includes consumer products, search and cloud services.