On Thursday, Google released the latest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. Model 3.1 is currently available as a preview and will be generally released soon, the company said.
Google’s new model may be one of the most powerful LLMs to date. Onlookers have noted that Gemini 3.1 Pro appears to be a big step up from its predecessor Gemini 3 – which was already considered a highly capable AI tool when it was released in November.
On Thursday, Google also shared statistics from independent benchmarks — such as Humanity’s Last Exam — that showed it fared significantly better than its previous version.
Gemini 3.1 Pro was also praised by Brendan Foody, CEO of AI startup Mercor, whose APEX benchmarking system is designed to measure how well new AI models perform on real professional tasks. “Gemini 3.1 Pro is now at the top of the APEX-Agents rankings,” Foody said in a social media post, adding that the model’s impressive results show “how quickly agents are improving in real knowledge work.”
The release comes as the AI model wars heat up and technology companies continue to release increasingly powerful LLMs designed for agent work and multi-level reasoning. Other big names – including OpenAI and Anthropic – have also recently released new models.
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