Google opens up its most powerful AI models to everyone, marking the next step in its virtual agent effort
On Wednesday, Google made Gemini 2.0, its «most capable» artificial intelligence model suite yet, available to everyone.
The corporation granted developers and trusted testers access in December, as well as incorporating some capabilities into Google products, but this is a «general release,» according to Google.
The suite of models includes 2.0 Flash, which is marketed as a «workhorse model, optimal for high-volume, high-frequency tasks at scale»; 2.0 Pro Experimental, which is mostly focused on coding performance; and 2.0 Flash-Lite, which Google claims as its «most cost-efficient model yet.»On Wednesday, Google made Gemini 2.0, its «most capable» artificial intelligence model suite yet, available to everyone.
The corporation granted developers and trusted testers access in December, as well as incorporating some capabilities into Google products, but this is a «general release,» according to Google.
The suite of models includes 2.0 Flash, which is marketed as a «workhorse model, optimal for high-volume, high-frequency tasks at scale»; 2.0 Pro Experimental, which is mostly focused on coding performance; and 2.0 Flash-Lite, which Google claims as its «most cost-efficient model yet.»
Gemini Flash costs developers 10 cents per million tokens for text, image, and video inputs, whereas Flash-Lite, the more affordable version, costs.Seventy-five cents for the same.
The ongoing releases are part of Google’s overall plan of spending extensively in «AI agents» as the AI arms race among IT behemoths and startups intensifies.
Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are pursuing agentic AI, which automates difficult multi-step activities rather than requiring the user to walk through each step.
