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Google Rolls Out Major Upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, Opens Limited API Access

Google cites state-of-the-art benchmark results to position the mode for practical research and engineering uses.

Overview

  • Updated Deep Think is live in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra subscribers, with researchers and enterprises invited to request early API access.
  • Google reports 48.4% on Humanity’s Last Exam without tools, 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2 verified by the ARC Prize Foundation, and a 3455 Elo on Codeforces.
  • Performance claims extend to science benchmarks, including gold-medal level on the 2025 Physics and Chemistry Olympiads and 50.5% on the CMT-Benchmark for theoretical physics.
  • Early users cited by Google include RutgersLisa Carbone finding a logical flaw in a math paper, Duke’s Wang Lab designing a thin-film growth recipe, and Google R&D lead Anupam Pathak accelerating component design.
  • Google highlights practical tasks such as interpreting complex data, modeling physical systems in code, and converting a hand-drawn sketch into a 3D‑printable file.