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At I/O 2024 ‘Demo Slam,’ Google launched employee Gemini hackathon

I/O 2024 felt more like a conference by spanning two days. There was in fact a third day of I/O, with a new "Demo Slam" and hackathon

There was in fact a third day of I/O, with Google hosting a new “Demo Slam” event just for employees today where an internal Gemini hackathon was announced. Android engineering VP Dave Burke and others from Google DeepMind, Search, and Labs showed off what was announced earlier in the week. Google executives will select finalists that will demo at a company-wide meeting, with this hackathon also offering a monetary prize for winning teams.

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