Google DeepMind’s Tulsee Doshi says AI’s next phase depends on user trust

Welcome to AI Decoded , Fast Company ’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI . You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here . An interview with Google DeepMind product VP Tulsee Doshi Google announced a slew of new and updated AI products and features at its I/O developer conference this week, including personal AI agents, code generators, search tools, and a new “world model” for generating physically accurate video. Much of it runs on the company’s latest Gemini 3.5 models, developed inside Google DeepMind. We spoke with DeepMind’s product VP, Tulsee Doshi, about the thinking behind their development and application. What does the tension between safety and product quality look like at DeepMind here in mid-2026? You’re evaluating not just for traditional harms, but you’re now evaluating for things like sycophancy. You’re evaluating for things like agent safety and bringing that forward, and then you’re building the guar