Google unveils Gemini 2.5, ‘most intelligent’ AI model amid competition from Chinese DeepSeek, OpenAI 

This release comes amidst an increasingly intense competition within the AI sector, with notable advancements from players like Chinese AI firm Deepseek and industry heavyweight OpenAI.

The company claims the 2.5 is its most intelligent AI model, adding that the experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro has achieved state-of-the-art results across a range of benchmarks, notably topping the LMArena leaderboard, a measure of human preferences, by a “significant margin.”

According to Google’s official announcement, Gemini 2.5 models are “thinking models,” designed to reason through their thoughts before generating responses.

 “Building on this, we recently introduced our first thinking model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking.  

“Now, with Gemini 2.5, we’ve achieved a new level of performance by combining a significantly enhanced base model with improved post-training. Going forward, we’re building these thinking capabilities directly into all of our models,” the company stated.

According to Google, the Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro is state-of-the-art across a range of benchmarks requiring advanced reasoning.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is currently available in Google AI Studio and the Gemini app for Gemini Advanced users. Google has also announced that it will be available on Vertex AI in the coming weeks. Pricing for scaled production use with higher rate limits will be introduced shortly.

Recently, Chinese AI firm Deepseek has made notable strides in developing efficient and powerful reasoning models, putting pressure on established Western AI companies. Their focus on open-source models has also created a competitive environment.