Gemini Exponential, Demis Hassabis' ‘Proto-AGI’ coming, but …
AI Explained
Dec 19, 2025
Google's Gemini 3 Flash outperforms previous state-of-the-art models while maintaining superior speed, signaling a shift in AI performance benchmarks. Despite this, the industry faces a critical 'honesty' gap where models are incentivized to hallucinate rather than admit ignorance. DeepMind leaders now view the convergence of language and world models as the primary path toward proto-AGI by 2028.
Key insight: When Gemini 3 Flash fails a question, it provides an incorrect hallucinated answer 91% of the time, whereas GPT 5.1 admits 'I don't know' in roughly 50% of its failure cases.
