Demis Hassabis on Gemini 2.0, Project Astra, Agents, Gaming with Elon, and more

About this episode

Rowan Cheung interviews Demis Hassabis about the launch of Gemini 2.0 and its implications for AI agents in gaming and web browsing.

Google just launched Gemini 2.0, Project Astra, and AI agents for gaming & web browsing. Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down for an exclusive interview with Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind (@demishassabis), to discuss the launch, why it matters, and Google’s entry into the AI agent era. __ Join our daily AI newsletter: https://www.therundown.ai/subscribe Learn AI hands-on with our AI University: https://rundown.ai/ai-university/

People in this episode

Host: Rowan Cheung

Guest: Demis Hassabis

Topics covered

• AI agents
• gaming
• Google DeepMind
• Gemini 2.0
• Project Astra
• interview
• technology

Keywords

• Gemini 2.0
• Project Astra
• AI agents
• gaming
• Demis Hassabis
• Google DeepMind
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Google DeepMind

Products: Gemini 2.0, Project Astra

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