On 25th March, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, a cutting-edge family of AI reasoning models designed to pause and “think” before responding to a query. Leading this new lineup, the company is launching Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental—its most advanced multimodal reasoning AI model to date. This model will be available starting March 25th on Google’s developer platform, Google AI Studio, and in the Gemini app for users subscribed to the company’s premium AI service, Gemini Advanced, priced at $20 per month. Looking ahead, Google plans to integrate reasoning capabilities into all of its future AI models. Since OpenAI introduced the first AI reasoning model, o1, in September 2024, tech companies have been in a race to match or surpass its performance. Today, firms like Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, and xAI have all developed reasoning AI models, leveraging additional computational resources to verify facts and process information more thoroughly before generating responses. AI reasoning techniques have significantly improved performance in areas like mathematics and coding. Many experts believe these models will be fundamental in powering AI agents—autonomous systems capable of executing tasks with minimal human involvement. However, the tradeoff is that these models come with higher operational costs. Google has previously explored reasoning-based AI, releasing an experimental “thinking” version of...
