Demis Hassabis was noticeably relaxed when he joined our virtual call from London. It was the day before the release of Gemini 3, and Googlers all the way up to Sundar Pichai had been hyping the imminent model drop on X like they worked at OpenAI. Hours after our chat, Hassabis himself jumped in and posted the following in the middle of the night: “It’s nearly 3 here, my favourite part of the night shift… locked in... 💪🚀”After some early fits and stumbles in the AI race, Google has been unques...