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On 2026-08-06 Lulu Cheng Meservey says whoever handles comms for Gemini “needs to…

2026-08-06 · 23:48 UTC ·@lulumeservey ·1 min read

Brief

Lulu Cheng Meservey (2026-08-06) blasts Google's AI communications, saying Gemini comms should apologize to Noam Shazeer and resign, and that DeepMind — with Demis Hassabis, Noam Shazeer, Jeff Dean, and Sergey Brin — is undercredited because Google hasn't produced an iconic launch, coherent Bard/Gemini/DeepMind narrative, or clear future vision; she ties this to Alphabet's stock drop after Apple's AI search move and urges an urgent comms reset.

Why it matters

On 2026-08-06 Lulu Cheng Meservey says whoever handles comms for Gemini “needs to apologize to Noam Shazeer and then resign,” blaming comms for directly undermining credit to key researchers.

Key details

  • She claims DeepMind and Google—home to Demis Hassabis, Noam Shazeer, Jeff Dean, and Sergey Brin—are under-credited because comms have failed to deliver an iconic model launch, a cult-like user base, or a coherent narrative tying Bard, Gemini, DeepMind, and Google together.
  • She links the storytelling failure to business impact, citing Alphabet’s stock drop after Apple said search is moving to AI, and urges DeepMind to “reset their comms and start fresh” because stakes are high and time is short.
Source evidence

“I wish the quality of Google comms reflected the presence of Demis, Noam, and Jeff—”

[monkey’s paw curls a finger]

Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey)

Whoever’s doing comms for Gemini needs to apologize to Noam Shazeer and then resign

DeepMind doesn’t get nearly as much credit and attention as they deserve, and that’s because comms is vastly underperforming capabilities

You’ve got Demis, Noam, Jeff Dean, and Sergey Brin all in one place like some kind of AI Mount Rushmore, and you can’t make a play?

You’ve got Google-scale resources and you can’t orchestrate one mic drop moment?

There’s no iconic launch for a new model. No cult of diehards for a product. No coherent narrative tying together Bard, Gemini, DeepMind, Google. No clear vision for the future

Even Alphabet stock reflects the storytelling failure. There’s that big a drop because Apple says search is moving to AI? It’s that hard to picture Google winning in that future?

It’s always hard to tell from the outside what comms is doing, and the job is harder than it looks. But this is a clear case where whatever they’re doing isn’t working

Stakes are high and time is short. DeepMind needs to reset their comms and start fresh

— https://nitter.net/lulumeservey/status/1922277064045998189#m