ResearchTuesday, December 23, 2025· 1 min read

Google's Year in Review: 8 Areas with Research Breakthroughs in 2025

TL;DR

Google made significant AI research breakthroughs in 2025 with models like Gemini 3 and Gemma 3, improving reasoning, multimodality, and efficiency while advancing science and tackling global challenges.

Key Takeaways

1Gemini 3 showed big leaps in reasoning multimodality and efficiency
2AI is boosting science from genomics and healthcare to math and quantum computing
3Google is using AI to tackle global challenges like climate change

2025 was a year of extraordinary progress in research at Google with breakthroughs in AI models, science, and computing.

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