Google DeepMind is redirecting resources from specialized scientific teams toward Gemini-based general-purpose systems, running a double-blind AI evaluation pilot, and pursuing long-horizon AI research in the persistent universe of EVE Online alongside new robotics models.
Google DeepMind's recent work clusters around a single shift: away from specialized AI toward general-purpose systems built on Gemini. The clearest sign came when the company disbanded the AlphaFold team, moving many researchers to Gemini projects or to Anthropic, with some joining Isomorphic Labs. AlphaFold services continue, but the company frames the move as a strategy toward general-purpose systems for scientific research.
Games remain a stated foundation of that research. At Nexon's NDC26 conference, Inception Director Alexandre Moufarek described video games as a core pillar, pointing to Atari, StarCraft, AlphaGo, and Gemini as products of that approach. He noted that CEO Demis Hassabis and other founders are former game developers. That stance now extends to a partnership with Fenris Creations, developer of EVE Online, to study AI in a persistent universe without resets or clear win conditions, targeting continual learning, memory, long-term planning, and cooperation and competition.
Two product threads sit alongside the research pivot. Gemini Robotics 2, announced July 30, 2026, is a suite of Vision-Language-Action models for whole-body robot control, from walking to fine two-handed tasks, with a separate model, Gemini Robotics ER 2, handling long task sequences. And in evaluation, DeepMind is piloting double-blind testing that uses Confidential Computing inside Google Cloud virtual machines to encrypt data during processing, so neither models nor their developers can cheat benchmark scores. The group behind the pilot has published a report on the first double-blind evaluation of a proprietary language model.
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Google DeepMind has devised a testing method that evaluates AI models while preventing cheating by the models themselves and by the companies that develop them. The method uses Confidential Computing, a security system within Google Cloud virtual machines that encrypts data during processing. Both external evaluation institutions and development companies send their data to the secure space for testing.
Google DeepMind announced a research partnership with Fenris Creations, the developer of EVE Online, to study AI in the long-running space MMORPG. The persistent universe, active for over 20 years, offers an environment without resets or clear win conditions. Research targets continual learning, memory, long-term planning, and handling cooperation and competition.
Google DeepMind announced Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, 2026, a suite of Vision-Language-Action models that control robots from walking to fine two-handed tasks. The models handle posture, object manipulation, and multi-robot collaboration, adapting to different robot bodies. A higher-level model, Gemini Robotics ER 2, manages long task sequences and outperformed its predecessor in evaluations.
Google DeepMind has effectively disbanded the team behind AlphaFold, its protein structure prediction AI. Many researchers moved to Gemini projects or left for Anthropic, while some joined Isomorphic Labs. AlphaFold services continue, and the company says the shift reflects a strategy toward general-purpose systems for scientific research.
At Nexon's NDC26 conference, Google DeepMind Inception Director Alexandre Moufarek detailed how video games have been central to the company's AI research, from Atari and StarCraft to AlphaGo and the Gemini project. He emphasized that games provide safe, complex testbeds for training AI agents and that many DeepMind founders, including CEO Demis Hassabis, are former game developers whose iterative design experience informs current research.