Google DeepMind · Imagen

Imagen 4

READER SUMMARY

Google DeepMind's fourth-generation text-to-image model released across Google creative products.

DOOM SCORE62.1out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1

Why this model scores 62.1

Stronger image realism and typography with broad consumer access increase synthetic-media capacity, while low intrinsic autonomy and hosted safety controls constrain wider control difficulty.

Capability78

Autonomy4

Deployment88

Misuse potential76

Control difficulty58

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MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to Imagen 4

The model score of 62.1 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 63.5 measures the recalibrated complete evidence corpus. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION+0.01

Each article's leave-one-out Doom Index contribution is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being claimed in full on several model pages. Model risk scores are recalculated from their technical profile and related news, but never feed back into the overall index.

20 May 2025MisuseTOWARD

Google releases Veo 3 and Imagen 4 generative media models

Google released Veo 3 with synchronized audio generation and Imagen 4 for higher-quality text-to-image output, deploying both through consumer creative products and announced developer access.

Full item contribution: +0.02
Imagen 4 equal share: +0.01

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Model score history

R1
Doom Score 62.1
Initial exact profile for Imagen 4.
12 Aug 2026