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Google Research

Confidence 0.75 · 2 sources · last confirmed 2026-05-07

The research arm of Google, focused on advancing fundamental and applied research in AI, computer science, and adjacent fields. Producer of the Gemini model family (cited extensively in the wiki — the 280×-cost-reduction marker comes from Gemini-1.5-Flash-8B), and a recurring data partner of the AI Index (the 2025 and 2026 AI Index editions disclose Google Research as an analytics/funding partner).

This entity page covers the research organisation; for product-line discussion (Gemini family, foundation models broadly) see foundation-models.

Appears in this wiki via

  • 2026-05-07-globerson-et-al-scalable-measurement-durable-skills — primary publisher of Towards Scalable Measurement of Durable Skills (preprint, 12 April 2026). Globerson et al. (~40 co-authors) introduce the Vantage assessment platform, Executive LLM steering protocol, and Gemini-based AI Evaluator — anchoring the wiki’s durable-skills concept.
  • Mentioned across multiple wiki sources as a major model contributor (Gemini family is referenced in AI Index 2025 §1 — Gemini-1.5-Flash-8B as the cost-reduction marker; AI Index 2026 continues to track Google’s models alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others).

Notable people (in this wiki)

  • Yossi Matias (dangling — co-author on the durable skills paper; promote on 2nd-source coverage) — VP and Head of Google Research.
  • ~40 other co-authors of the Globerson et al. paper, currently listed in the source-page frontmatter but not promoted to individual entity pages (single-source coverage).

Funders / partnerships visible in this wiki

  • AI Index — Google is listed as a supporting funder of the AI Index 2025 and 2026 editions (2026-04-30-ai-index-report-2026).
  • OpenMic, NYU, UT Austin — academic and startup collaborators on the durable skills work.

Notable products / models

The full model roster is tracked in foundation-models. Selected highlights:

  • Gemini family (1.5, 2.5 Pro, 3.0) — Google Research’s primary multimodal foundation model line. Cited as the substrate for the Vantage Executive LLM and AI Evaluator.
  • Veo 2 (video generation) — referenced via AI Index 2025.

Open questions

  • The relationship between Google Research and Google DeepMind — separately structured units that often co-author. The Globerson et al. paper is published under “Google Research” affiliation; whether DeepMind shares authorship would clarify the institutional boundary.
  • Google’s broader AI Index funding/data-partner role — which surveys, which methodological choices.
  • A 2nd Google Research source would deepen this entity beyond the current durable-skills anchor; the AI Index editions are mentions-of-Google rather than first-party Google Research output.

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