Google delays Gemini 3.5 Pro to July as talent exodus deepens the pressure on its AI ambitions

Google has pushed Gemini 3.5 Pro's general availability to July 2026, citing quality refinements after early enterprise testing. The delay lands as four senior AI researchers, including Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer, depart for OpenAI and Anthropic, raising harder questions about Google's ability to sustain its frontier AI pace.