Google released Gemini 2.5 Flash!

Google released Gemini 2.5 Flash!

Imagine if AI could pause and think like a human before responding—that's exactly what Google is making possible with the new Gemini 2.5 Flash! As the first fully hybrid “thinking model,” this groundbreaking system allows developers to selectively enable or disable thinking processes and even set “thinking budgets.”

The innovative AI masterfully balances speed, cost, and quality. Even with the thinking process disabled, it outperforms its predecessor, 2.0 Flash, while delivering impressive results on complex tasks thanks to its “thinking” capabilities. In benchmarks such as LMArena, 2.5 Flash confidently holds its own against competing models – and does so at a significantly lower cost and with a smaller model size.

Particularly fascinating: the AI decides independently how intensively it needs to think. For simple questions such as translations, it works directly, while for complex mathematical problems or programming tasks, it exploits its full thinking potential.

Why it matters: This technology marks a decisive step toward truly adaptive AI systems that can flexibly adapt to a wide range of user needs. With the ability to control thought processes, Google is ushering in a new era of balance between AI performance and resource efficiency.

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