Google's Gemini 2.0 holiday surprise

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p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Gemini 2.0 is here, and it's a massive leap forward for AI agents — with new multimodal capabilities, deep research tools, and seriously impressive projects. p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } The ‘12 Days of OpenAI’ has been hogging the holiday spotlight, but Google just crashed the party in a BIG way.

Let’s get into it... p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } In today’s AI rundown:Google releases Gemini 2.0 with AI agent capabilitiesChatGPT comes to Apple IntelligenceTransform AI into your personal code tutorApple Intelligence gets a big upgrade with iOS 18.25 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobsMore AI & tech news p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Read time: 4 minutes p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } LATEST DEVELOPMENTS p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } GOOGLE✨ Google releases Gemini 2.0 with AI agent capabilitiesImage source: Google p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } The Rundown: Google just launched Gemini 2.0, marking a major leap into AI agents with enhanced multimodal abilities, native tool integration, deep research generation, and several experimental projects.

p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Gemini 2.0Gemini 2.0 Flash debuts as a faster, more capable model that outperforms the larger 1.5 Pro on several benchmarks while maintaining similar speeds.The model now generates images and multilingual audio directly and processes text, code, images, and video.Gemini 2.0 Stream Realtime is available for free (as opposed to the $200/mo ChatGPT Pro) and allows for text, voice, video, or screen-sharing interactions.

p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Project Highlights (not publicly available yet):Project Astra brings multimodal conversation abilities with 10-minute memory, native integration with Google apps, and near-human response latency.Project Astra is also being tested on prototype glasses, and it plans to eventually be used in products like the Gemini app.Project Mariner introduces browser-based agentic AI assistance through Chrome, achieving 83.5% accuracy on web navigation tasks.

Jules, a new coding assistant, integrates directly with GitHub to help developers plan and execute tasks under supervision.New gaming-focused agents can now analyze gameplay in real time and provide strategic advice across various game types. p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Deep Research:Deep Research is a new agentic feature that acts as an AI research assistant, now available in Gemini Advanced ($20/mo) on desktop and mobile web.Abilities include creating multi-step research plans, analyzing info from across the web, and generating comprehensive reports with links to sources.

p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } Why it matters: OpenAI had the holiday momentum, but Google stole the show. Gemini 2.0 brings some extremely powerful upgrades, including one of the biggest steps towards useful, consumer-facing agentic AI that we’ve seen yet. Projects like Astra could also set a new standard for how we interact with AI heading into 2025.

p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } ICYMI: We sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis to discuss the massive day of launches. Watch the full discussion on YouTube. p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } TOGETHER WITH RABBIT🐰 Unlimited AI agents in one orange package p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } The Rundown: The rabbit r1 AI companion consolidates your digital experience into a single device, featuring an innovative operating system that learns from interactions and keeps improving through continuous updates and enhanced LAM technology.

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p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } OPENAI & APPLE📱 ChatGPT comes to Apple IntelligenceImage source: OpenAI on YouTube p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; } The Rundown: OpenAI just announced the integration of ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence during Day 5 of the company’s live stream event, allowing Siri to leverage the AI assistant for new writing, reasoning, and visual tasks.