Google Unveils Sweeping AI Upgrades at I/O 2025

TECHNOLOGY giant Google has unveiled a wide array of new products and updates at its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2025.

- Rakesh Kumar @ New Delhi

Highlights include ground-breaking advancements such as 3D video calls via Beam, cutting-edge image and video generation models like Imagen 4 and Veo 3, and introduction of Android XR, a dedicated platform for smart wearables. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, emphasized the accelerating global adoption of artificial intelligence, stating: "The world is responding, adopting AI faster than ever before." He also shared that the Gemini app now boasts over 400 million monthly active users, with usage of the Gemini 2.5 Pro model increasing by 45%.

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Gemini 2.5 Enhancements
Google introduced substantial upgrades to its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models. Gemini 2.5 Pro received an experimental "Deep Think Mode" for enhanced reasoning, allowing the AI to explore multiple hypotheses. Both Pro and Flash models gained native audio outputs, enabling them to generate expressive, human-like speech. Gemini 2.5 Flash also saw improvements in efficiency and security against prompt injection attacks, signifying a leap in Gemini's capabilities for complex queries and multimodal interactions.

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