New Delhi, May 19 -- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has officially unveiled Gemini Omni model at I/O 2026. Hassabis says the new model is designed to understand and simulate the physical world and called it a significant leap toward artificial general intelligence (AGI)

During the keynote at I/O 2026, Hassabis explained that Omni combines reasoning capabilities from Google's other generative media models including Veo, Nano Banana, and Genie.

How is Gemini Omni different?

According to Hassabis, Gemini Omni represents a step change in how artificial intelligence understands physical concepts like kinetic energy and gravity. By functioning as a "world model," Omni can translate complex ideas into highly accurate visual representation...