According to Jeff Dean on Twitter, a recent discussion between @OfficialLoganK and Emanuel Taropa highlighted the critical behind-the-scenes efforts by Google's 'Smoke Jumpers' team responsible for deploying and maintaining Gemini models to serve billions of users. This conversation provides valuable insight into the operational challenges and sophisticated engineering required to scale advanced AI models like Gemini globally, emphasizing the importance of specialized teams in ensuring reliability and performance at massive scale.