Toby J. Boyd

Technical Program Manager (L7): Google DeepMind / Google Research / Google Brain.

[Google Labs @GoogleLabs]

New to Flow?

This thread does a great job of explaining what's possible to help you get started 🧵🧵🧵

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Our CEO, @DemisHassabis visited @the_IAS for a workshop discussing AI’s potential in math, exploring our long-standing collaboration with the community, culminating in a fireside chat with IAS director, David Nirenberg.

Watch here. ↓ https://t.co/quyMkiCBd9

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Gemini 2.5 Pro - our most intelligent model, is getting an update before general availability. ✨

It’s even better at: coding 🖥️, reasoning 💡, and creative writing ✍️

Learn more. 🧵

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

🛠️ Start building with Gemini 2.5 Pro in Preview in @Google AI Studio, @GeminiApp, and @GoogleCloud’s #VertexAI platform, with general access availability coming in a couple weeks.

Find out more ↓ https://t.co/sFg0jl69vz

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

We've fallen for the new Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview. You might too after the updates we've made as we prepare for GA. The model is more well-rounded, with improved style and structure, offering creative answers to life's deeper questions.

Try it in https://t.co/4TpDeLQCgh

[Kaggle @kaggle]

📣 Competition launch alert: Meta Kaggle Hackathon!

- Dive into data about Kaggle and share your best meta-analyses & meta-applications
- $50,000 Prize Pool
- Final Submission: July 21, 2025

https://t.co/6Yi6BrWnTJ

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

It’s all about shipping 🚢🚢🚢

How we made this:
1️⃣ Make a ship with Imagen 4 (Prompt: Make me a blocky voxel style battleship)
2️⃣ Turn it into a 3D model in Canvas
3️⃣ Vibe code a playable game

Check it out ➡️ https://t.co/yfcDXwPyHr

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

Hi @GoogleResearch👋If you’re looking for the latest updates from Google Research, give them a follow!👇

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Could digital twins – virtual replicas of humans or organs – accelerate medical research? 🏥

Our Senior Research Director Joelle Barral and @fryrsquared discuss how digital cohorts could transform clinical trials – providing crucial data on drug safety and efficacy.

Watch their discussion on our podcast now ↓

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Watch → https://t.co/AzuzoBQzdK
Spotify → https://t.co/jGVf279ldK
Apple Podcasts → https://t.co/MwuPj76vPX

Or listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

[Jon Richens @jonathanrichens]

Are world models necessary to achieve human-level agents, or is there a model-free short-cut?
Our new #ICML2025 paper tackles this question from first principles, and finds a surprising answer, agents _are_ world models… 🧵

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Our native audio capabilities are making AI conversations more natural – from understanding tone to generating expressive speech. ✍️🗣️

This could open up new possibilities for how we interact with AI. Developers, try it through @Google AI Studio.

Learn more. ↓

https://t.co/mm35BQAIGn

[Google Labs @GoogleLabs]

Hey there film fans- we’re headed to @Tribeca with @diesol and @JunieLauX to talk about filmmaking with Flow.

The event is already sold out (🤯🤯🤯) but will we get to see any of you there?

[Google Labs @GoogleLabs]

Have you tried our new share cards in Whisk? They're an easy way for you to show off your recipes and inspire others to remix your ideas using their own ingredients 🧑‍🍳

Try it now! Swap in your own original character and share your creations here:

https://t.co/sVJGkKble2

[Google @Google]

Here’s a closer look at what developers can do with Gemini 2.5 native audio capabilities. https://t.co/0FxYwPlDoJ

[Google @Google]

Create videos with Veo 3, now available in 73 countries right in the Gemini app 🎬

[Kaggle @kaggle]

📣 Competition Launch Alert! Detect Behavior with Sensor Data hosted by @childmindinst

🎯 Train a model to detect body-focused repetitive behaviors using data from a wearable device.
💰 $50,000 Prize Pool
⏰ Entry Deadline: August 26, 2025

https://t.co/t2MG2XSrE7

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

We're bringing Veo 3 across the pond and to mobile!

For Pro and Ultra members, you can now access Veo 3 through the @GeminiApp on Android and iOS and through https://t.co/HUIK0owzfZ in over 71 countries (including the UK).

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

Who else has been building with our new AI tools? Inspired by the research to reality reminiscing at #GoogleIO, we built this 90s nostalgic screensaver using Canvas in the @GeminiApp.

Make your own ➡️ https://t.co/ytCq6tD3xY

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

From clumsy movements to dexterous manipulation – how did robotics make such significant leaps? 🤖

Tune into our podcast episode with @fryrsquared and @parada_car88104 – our Senior Director and Head of Robotics – to explore how our robots can see, understand, and reason about the world around them.

Watch now ↓

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:46 Carolina's background
02:57 Current state of robotics
05:20 Gemini robotics videos
12:45 Conceptual understanding & multimodal capabilities
16:50 Embodied reasoning
21:00 Thinking fast and slow
27:44 Emerging properties
24:53 Looking back
34:28 Sim2real gap
37:00 Safety
42:00 Work to be done
45:00 Hannah's thoughts