Capability gains

Gemini 3 Deep Think advances frontier reasoning for science and engineering

Google DeepMind released an upgraded specialized reasoning mode with 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2, broad frontier evaluations, Ultra access, and selected API access. Early testers reported finding a peer-review flaw and producing a semiconductor fabrication recipe.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM48confidence 78/100

Why it moved the index

Strong general reasoning, demonstrated difficult scientific work, and new access advance frontier capability, while specialized and restricted access limits the effect.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 48 · confidence 78

    New dated primary-source frontier model release absent from durable context.

    11 Aug 2026