Google plans to outshine OpenAI with brand-new reasoning model

Google has been doubling down on its AI efforts, and the company has just announced a new reasoning model – with every intent to take over OpenAI as the undisputed leader in the AI landscape.

Last Thursday, Google made waves in tech circles by announcing a new AI model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking. Run on the company’s prototyping platform, AI Studio, this multimodal reasoning model uses similar techniques as OpenAI’s o1 to tackle complex problems in fields such as mathematics and programming. It can support up to 32,000 input tokens, which is equivalent to 50 pages worth of text.

The announcement comes only eight days after the release of Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model. Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared that this was the company’s “most thoughtful model” to date. A former DevRel at OpenAI, lead product for AI studio Logan Kilpatrick hailed a first step in the company’s reasoning journey, which programmers and techies can test on Vertex AI or AI Studio.

When given a prompt, this problem-solving model breaks it down into smaller steps and considers a series of related prompts to come up with the most accurate answer, all while detailing what motivated these decisions. Made for coding and reasoning, Google’s newly released AI model offers users more transparent insight into its reasoning process than some competitors, including OpenAI’s generative pre-trained transformer. Incidentally, the o1 large reasoning model might be losing ground to open-source rivals.

While still in the experimental stage, and not immune to accuracy issues, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the latest testament to Google’s commitment to reshaping the AI landscape. For a moment, the Mountain View-based company seemed to be losing the AI race. But it appears to have caught up with the competition, defying the pervasive perception among tech crowds that it was too big to innovate.

Keeping on top of OpenAI, which recently rendered its hyper-realistic text-to-video generator Sora available to ChatGPT users, Google is rolling out its own video generation model. Capable of producing high-quality video snippets, Veo-2 might put increasing pressure on the ChatGPT maker. Its 4K resolution offers an even starker contrast to Sora, while capturing more nuanced human expressions and more natural-looking movements. Early testers have confirmed both AI tools were leagues apart in terms of accuracy, physics modelling, and prompt adherence.

To achieve these impressive results, Google has not hesitated to feed its 4K AI video generator with YouTube data – and forbid its competitors from doing the same, although many tech giants have allegedly ignored corporate policies and bypassed these prohibitions to train their respective AI models. Evidently, the urgency is clear on the AI front as the technology is affecting the global economy.

Beyond Silicon Valley, many businesses and nations strive not to be left behind. In Malta, the government has publicly acknowledged the strategic importance of artificial intelligence for innovation and economic growth. The country aims to lead the way in the AI field through dedicated investments and support measures targeted at the private sector. Maltese educational facilities work to foster an environment conducive to attracting top IT talent. Meanwhile, Maltese tourism boards integrate AI into their marketing research process to create more impactful promotional campaigns.

Other key sectors are implementing AI into their operations, such as the gambling industry, which accounts for 16% of Malta’s business economy according to Eurostat. Many iGaming platforms leverage artificial intelligence to enhance fraud detection and boost cybersecurity. This way, they can offer safe online casino deposit methods. From electronic wallets to bank transfers, paying customers can rest assured their transactions are secured throughout the entire deposit process. They may use the same payment options to withdraw their earnings, with some platforms boasting fast-payout features. New players unsure where to begin their search can start by browsing detailed guides from experts.

In the entertainment industry as in other fields, the future of AI is likely to be dictated by the ongoing battle between tech giants like OpenAI and Google giving their all to come out on top. Incidentally, the latter was in dire need of a win after a string of foul-ups in 2024. In February, Google received heavy backlash for the biased answers provided by its Google Gemini chatbot. The company’s AI Overview search feature also sparked controversy online. Months later, Google has seemingly recovered from these scandals, with models like Google Veo-2 and Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking on track to revolutionising the AI market and outperforming their competitors.