Alphabet拟斥资最多2050亿美元为AI提速,同月却因涉嫌放慢研发被诉
谷歌DeepMind新掌门上任后的首个公开周,主题是承诺让Gemini 4提前面世;与此同时,员工忙着与风投会面,一名安全工程师因研发节奏离职,订阅用户的集体诉讼则指控谷歌与对手约定放缓开发。同一批股东,既为提速出资,也为这波离职潮的一部分出资。
Vincent Jiang · 3 min read
新掌门公开说的第一句话,是“快”
科拉伊·卡武克奥卢以谷歌DeepMind掌门人身份首次公开露面,便作出提速承诺。9月23日,他表示Gemini 4已进入后训练(post-training)早期阶段,眼下已在谷歌内部为编程工具Antigravity提供支持;他希望发布时间比2026年底“早得多”,但未给出具体日期123。此前承诺6月发布的Gemini 3.5 Pro,始终没有露面3。
市场先一步把疑虑计入了价格。当日,Alphabet(GOOGL)股价下跌3.8%,延续了此前受Meta Muse硬件攻势拖累、两个交易日累计近5%的跌势;盘后受其言论提振,回升0.6%1。眼下,编程任务的默认选择是GPT-5.5,Claude Code是主要备选,一位谷歌员工对自家模型的评价是“落后”二字1。
八月换帅,DeepMind交到“加速派”手中
8月5日,德米斯·哈萨比斯交出日常管理权,转任Alphabet首席科学家;杰夫·迪恩效力谷歌27年后离职,创办Discovery Loop,谷歌为创始投资方4。桑达尔·皮查伊将这次人事调整定调为加速:“我们必须加快所有这些工作的进度,并保持对AI前沿的专注”4。
买单的是股东。Alphabet的资本开支2023年为323亿美元,2025年达914亿美元,2026年指引为1950亿至2050亿美元54。这些钱买来的是增长:云业务收入同比增长82%,至248亿美元,背后有5140亿美元的在手订单支撑41。
Alphabet资本开支较2023年增长近两倍,2026年指引再翻番
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| Value | Range | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021财年 | $24.64B | — |
| 2022财年 | $31.49B | — |
| 2023财年 | $32.25B | — |
| 2024财年 | $52.54B | — |
| 2025财年 | $91.45B | — |
| 2026财年指引 (estimate) | $205B | $195–205B |
离职潮奔向两个方向
本月,15名谷歌DeepMind现任和前员工在谷歌伦敦总部对面的一家五星级酒店碰头,据一位与会者透露,众人互相支招,交流硅谷接下来会投什么67。这套模板已被证明回报丰厚:大卫·西尔弗创办的Ineffable Intelligence今年4月拿下11亿美元种子轮融资,估值50亿美元,创下欧洲史上最大种子轮纪录,随后又吸纳四名DeepMind老将出任联合创始人8。
罗伯特·奥卡拉汉则走向了另一个方向。这位工程师开发的芯片设计工具将让AI变得"便宜得多、快得多",他于9月24日辞职,称短期内追求超级智能"本质上是不负责任的",并表示曾与他讨论过此事的同事同样深感担忧,只是大多只在私下表达910。
诉讼称谷歌承诺的恰恰相反
9月18日,付费订阅用户向加利福尼亚北区联邦地区法院提起反垄断集体诉讼,指控谷歌、OpenAI、Anthropic与xAI协同放慢前沿研发进度;The Inference于9月20日报道了这起诉讼11。而就在递交诉状的六天前,达里奥·阿莫迪撰文呼吁各家实验室"为前沿设定节奏",当天便赢得萨姆·奥特曼、埃隆·马斯克的声援,哈萨比斯亦有保留地表示赞同1112。
原告要求三倍损害赔偿,并寻求组成覆盖全美的付费订阅用户集体。这些指控尚未经证实,而阿莫迪本人在文章中就已点出反垄断风险,请求政府给予有限豁免,为这类协同放行1112。
节奏决定下一程
三大看点:Gemini 4的实际发布日期、早餐会成员是否提交公司注册文件,以及集体诉讼资格认证裁决。同一个月里,谷歌既因发布不够快遭投资者抛售,又因被指同意放慢开发进度而被告上法庭11。
账单与收益,各归其主。股东和付费订阅用户承担成本,竞争对手占据谷歌让出的编程市场,离职者则把种子轮融资收入囊中。这里的每一个阵营,押注的都是同一个变量——节奏。
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01Gathered & sourced354 channels · 1,466 articles▾
Agents swept 354 channels and ingested 1,466 articles, then de-duplicated and ranked them for signal.
02Verified & cross-validated12 claims · 19 data feeds▾
Every one of 12 load-bearing claims was checked against primary sources, with 19 live data feeds reconciling the figures and charts.
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- 2The Decoder, "Deepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the door," 24 September 2026
- 39to5Google, "Google says Gemini 4 release is coming 'as soon as possible'," 24 September 2026
- 4Gizmodo, "Google DeepMind Boss Demis Hassabis Steps Down From CEO Role," 5 August 2026
- 5Sharadar annual fundamentals, from Alphabet's SEC filings, retrieved 27 September 2026
- 6Bloomberg, "Google DeepMind Exodus Sparks VC Frenzy for AI's Next Big Thing," 25 September 2026
- 7Crypto Briefing, "Google DeepMind employees explore funding for AI startup at London breakfast meeting," 25 September 2026
- 8Fortune via MSN, "Exclusive: Ineffable Intelligence adds six 'cofounders,' hiring veterans from Google DeepMind, InstaDeep and venture firm Flying Fish," 7 September 2026
- 9Robert O'Callahan, "Goodbye Google," Eyes Above the Waves (personal blog), 24 September 2026
- 10The Decoder, "Another Google Deepmind researcher quits, says building superintelligent AI soon is 'inherently irresponsible'," 25 September 2026
- 11MediaNama, "OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI sued over calls to slow AI development," 25 September 2026
- 12TechCrunch, "Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development," 12 September 2026
03Reviewed & edited2 human editors▾
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