{"id":493692,"date":"2026-02-21T02:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493692\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T02:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:09:22","slug":"google-announces-gemini-3-1-pro-says-its-better-at-complex-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493692\/","title":{"rendered":"Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it&#8217;s better at complex problem-solving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another Google AI model. Google has really been pumping out new AI tools lately, having just <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/11\/google-unveils-gemini-3-ai-model-and-ai-first-ide-called-antigravity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released Gemini 3 in November<\/a>. Today, it\u2019s bumping the flagship model to version 3.1. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/innovation-and-ai\/models-and-research\/gemini-models\/gemini-3-1-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini 3.1 Pro<\/a> is rolling out (in preview) for developers and consumers today with the promise of better problem-solving and reasoning capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Google announced improvements to its Deep Think tool last week, and apparently, the \u201ccore intelligence\u201d behind that update was Gemini 3.1 Pro. As usual, Google\u2019s latest model announcement comes with a plethora of benchmarks that show mostly modest improvements. In the popular Humanity\u2019s Last Exam, which tests advanced domain-specific knowledge, Gemini 3.1 Pro scored a record 44.4 percent. Gemini 3 Pro managed 37.5 percent, while OpenAI\u2019s GPT 5.2 got 34.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gemini_3-1-pro__benchmarks.png\"><\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" data-pswp-width=\"3000\" data-pswp-height=\"2568\" data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gemini_3-1-pro__benchmarks.png\" target=\"_blank\" data-pswp-><br \/>\n              <img width=\"3000\" height=\"2568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gemini_3-1-pro__benchmarks.png\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"Gemini 3.1 Pro benchmarks\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google also calls out the model\u2019s improvement in ARC-AGI-2, which features novel logic problems that can\u2019t be directly trained into an AI. Gemini 3 was a bit behind on this evaluation, reaching a mere 31.1 percent versus scores in the 50s and 60s for competing models. Gemini 3.1 Pro more than doubles Google\u2019s score, reaching a lofty 77.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Google has often gloated when it releases new models that they\u2019ve already hit the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/arena.ai\/leaderboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arena<\/a> leaderboard (formerly LM Arena), but that\u2019s not the case this time. For text, Claude Opus 4.6 edges out the new Gemini by four points at 1504. For code, Opus 4.6, Opus 4.5, and GPT 5.2 High all run ahead of Gemini 3.1 Pro by a bit more. It\u2019s worth noting, however, that the Arena leaderboard is run on vibes. Users vote on the outputs they like best, which can reward outputs that look correct regardless of whether they are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day, another Google AI model. 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