Report: Google DeepMind builds "strike team" to catch up to Anthropic models

Anthropic's recent momentum, powered by its success of its popular Claude Code tool, is turning up the heat among its AI competitors -- not only on its AI startup peer OpenAI, but also with established Big Tech giants like Google.

The Information reports that within Google DeepMind, a "strike team" has been assembled to make a serious push to improve Gemini's coding capabilities. According to the report, leaders within Google, including co-founder Sergey Brin, are sounding the alarm after determining that Anthropic's Claude has superior coding skills. The new team's goal is to create a AI system that can improve itself.

"To win the final sprint, we must urgently bridge the gap in agentic execution and turn our models into primary developers," wrote Brin in a recent memo to DeepMind staff.