Google 2025 recap: Research breakthroughs of the year

   Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.

   Open interpretability tools for language models are now available across the entire Gemma 3 family with the release of Gemma Scope 2.

   Google DeepMind and UK AI Security Institute (AISI) strengthen collaboration on critical AI safety and security research

   Deepening our partnership with the UK government to support prosperity and security in the AI era

   Systematically evaluating the factuality of large language models with the FACTS Benchmark Suite.

   Scientists are using AlphaFold to strengthen a photosynthesis enzyme for resilient, heat-tolerant crops.

   Explore how AlphaFold has accelerated science and fueled a global wave of biological discovery.

   AlphaFold has revealed the structure of a key protein behind heart disease

   Google DeepMind and the DOE partner on Genesis, a new effort to accelerate science with AI.

   Google DeepMind opens a new Singapore research lab, accelerating AI progress in the Asia-Pacific region.

   The new AI model delivers more efficient, more accurate and higher-resolution global weather predictions.

   Introducing SIMA 2, a Gemini-powered AI agent that can think, understand, and take actions in interactive environments.

   Our new paper analyzes the important ways AI systems organize the visual world differently from humans.

   A six-month long pilot program with the Northern Ireland Education Authority’s C2k initiative found that integrating Gemini and other generative AI tools saved participating teachers an average of 10 hours per week.

   AI models can help map species, protect forests and listen to birds around the world

   The initiative brings together some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions to pioneer the use of AI in mathematical research.

   Introducing T5Gemma, a new collection of encoder-decoder LLMs.

   We’re announcing new multimodal models in the MedGemma collection, our most capable open models for health AI development.

   Gemma 3n is designed for the developer community that helped shape Gemma.

   Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, previously in preview, is now stable and generally available. This cost-efficient model provides high quality in a small size, and includes 2.5 family features like a 1 million-token context window and multimodality.

   We partnered with Darren Aronofsky, Eliza McNitt and a team of more than 200 people to make a film using Veo and live-action filmmaking.

   New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring

   New experimental AI tool helps people explore the context and origin of images seen online.

   The International Mathematical Olympiad ( IMO ) is the world’s most prestigious competition for young mathematicians, and has been held annually since 1959. Each country taking part is represented by six elite, pre-university mathematicians who compete to solve six exceptionally difficult problems...

   Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts.

   Genie 3 can generate dynamic worlds that you can navigate in real time at 24 frames per second, retaining consistency for a few minutes at a resolution of 720p.

   Our new Perch model helps conservationists analyze audio faster to protect endangered species, from Hawaiian honeycreepers to coral reefs.

   Using AI to perceive the universe in greater depth

   Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves breakthrough performance at the world’s most prestigious computer programming competition, demonstrating a profound leap in abstract problem solving.

   Our new method could help mathematicians leverage AI techniques to tackle long-standing challenges in mathematics, physics and engineering.

   We’re strengthening the Frontier Safety Framework (FSF) to help identify and mitigate severe risks from advanced AI models.

   We’re powering an era of physical agents enabling robots to perceive, plan, think, use tools and act to better solve complex, multi-step tasks.

   Using advanced AI to fix critical software vulnerabilities

   We’re partnering with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to bring clean, safe, limitless fusion energy closer to reality.

   We’re rolling out Deep Think in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra subscribers, and we’re giving select mathematicians access to the full version of the Gemini 2.5 Deep Think model entered into the IMO competition.

   Game Arena is a new, open-source platform for rigorous evaluation of AI models. It allows for head-to-head comparison of frontier systems in environments with clear winning conditions.

   Today, we’re adding a new, highly specialized tool to the Gemma 3 toolkit: Gemma 3 270M, a compact, 270-million parameter model.

   Transform images in amazing new ways with updated native image editing in the Gemini app.

   We introduce VaultGemma, the most capable model trained from scratch with differential privacy.

   Available in preview via the API, our Computer Use model is a specialized model built on Gemini 2.5 Pro’s capabilities to power agents that can interact with user interfaces.

   We’re rolling out significant updates to Veo that give people even more creative control.

   We’re launching a new 27 billion parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on the Gemma family of open models.

   Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function now available via API.

   We’re introducing an efficient, on-device robotics model with general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation.

   Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are now generally available, and we’re introducing 2.5 Flash-Lite, our most cost-efficient and fastest 2.5 model yet.

   Explore the latest Gemini 2.5 model updates with enhanced performance and accuracy: Gemini 2.5 Pro now stable, Flash generally available, and the new Flash-Lite in preview.

   We’re launching Weather Lab, featuring our experimental cyclone predictions, and we’re partnering with the U.S. National Hurricane Center to support their forecasts and warnings this cyclone season.

   Gemini 2.5 has new capabilities in AI-powered audio dialog and generation.

   Introducing Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow.