Google has launched its next-generation AI model, Gemini 2.0, which offers agentic AI capabilities and improves multi-step problem-solving.
Gemini 2.0 is understood as an ability for AI to act autonomously and solve complex problems with limited human input.
The new capabilities include a 'Deep Research' feature that helps Gemini scour the web for information, preparing it for an easy-to-read report accessible to Gemini Advance subscribers.
Google plans to incorporate Gemini 2.0 into its AI Overviews feature in Search, enabling more complex searches which include multi-step questions and multimodal queries that employ text and images.
Google also teased other new announcements such as Project Astra, which uses Gemini 2.0 while drawing on Google's most popular services like Maps, Lens, and Search.
Project Mariner was also teased, with its capability of letting AI control a browser to search the web for information by recognising pixels, images, text, and code on a web page.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the company has been investing in developing more agentic models which seek to understand the world around an individual, think multiple steps ahead, and then take action on their behalf with their supervision.
Gemini 2.0 Flash, a model designed for high-volume tasks at speed will make Gemini faster, smarter, and more capable at reasoning.
Google plans to roll out Astra as an incremental update via its apps over time, following a limited number of early-testing for the second-generation AI assistant.
Early testers are required for Project Mariner, a tool which uses AI to take control of a browser and scour the web for valuable information.