With this announcement, Google also introduced a new feature, Deep Research, which leverages advanced reasoning and long-context capabilities to act as a research assistant, exploring complex topics and compiling reports. Deep Research is available in Gemini Advanced.
While Gemini 1.0, introduced in December 2023, was about organizing and understanding information, Gemini 2.0 is about making the information more useful, Pichai said. In touting Gemini 2.0, Google cited Project Mariner, an early research prototype built with Gemini 2.0 that explores the future of human-agent interaction, starting with a browser. As a research prototype, it can understand and reason across information in a browser screen, including pixels and web elements like text, code, images, and forms, and then use that information via an experimental Chrome extension to complete tasks.
