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Google Unveils a Next-Gen Family of AI Reasoning Models

TechCrunch | Computing

Google Unveils a Next-Gen Family of AI Reasoning Models

“Google has experimented with AI reasoning models before, previously releasing a ‘thinking’ version of Gemini in December. But Gemini 2.5 represents the company’s most serious attempt yet at besting OpenAI’s ‘o’ series of models.

Google claims that Gemini 2.5 Pro outperforms its previous frontier AI models, and some of the leading competing AI models, on several benchmarks. Specifically, Google says it designed Gemini 2.5 to excel at creating visually compelling web apps and agentic coding applications.

On an evaluation measuring code editing, called Aider Polyglot, Google says Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 68.6%, outperforming top AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Chinese AI lab DeepSeek.

However, on another test measuring software dev abilities, SWE-bench Verified, Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 63.8%, outperforming OpenAI’s o3-mini and DeepSeek’s R1, but underperforming Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, which scored 70.3%.

On Humanity’s Last Exam, a multimodal test consisting of thousands of crowdsourced questions relating to mathematics, humanities, and the natural sciences, Google says Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 18.8%, performing better than most rival flagship models.”

From TechCrunch.

Ramp | Adoption of Technology

Business AI Adoption Crossed 50 Percent in March

“Ramp AI Index shows business AI adoption crossed 50% for the first time in March, reaching 50.4% of businesses. A year ago, it was 35%. Half of businesses on Ramp now pay for AI.

Anthropic continued its surge, growing from 24.4% to 30.6% of businesses — a 6.3-percentage-point gain, surpassing last month’s record monthly gain.”

From Ramp.

City Journal | Computing

The Surprising Heart of the Data-Center Boom

“The heart of the data-center boom, in America and globally, is an otherwise quiet and affluent bedroom community in Northern Virginia: Loudoun County. Communities like Loudoun are supposed to be bastions of Not In My Backyard opposition to development, not the front line of a new industrial revolution.

Yet data centers have proved an extraordinary boon for Loudoun residents; they now generate nearly half the county’s tax revenue. Thanks to them, Loudoun enjoys smooth roads, lavish schools, and low tax rates for homeowners. Even as opposition to data centers grows, Loudoun’s experience shows what can happen when governments embrace growth.”

From City Journal.

Nature | Computing

Breakthrough Computer-Chip Tech Could Help Meet AI Demand

“A powerful light source bigger than a London double-decker bus has set a record: it can create structures on a silicon wafer that are just 8 nanometres (nm) wide. Those are thought to be the smallest ever made in a single step by a commericial chip-patterning system. According to the system’s manufacturer, it could be used to make computer chips patterned with 2.9 times more transistors than chips produced with the previous generation of the light sources used for this purpose.”

From Nature.

THE DECODER | Science & Technology

Google Says 75 Percent of Its New Code Is Now Written by AI

“75 percent of new code at Google is now generated by AI and then reviewed by human developers, the company says. That number has climbed fast: it was 25 percent in October 2024 and 50 percent by fall 2025. In a blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is now shifting to ‘agentic workflows’ where AI systems operate with increasing autonomy.”

From THE DECODER.