Reasoning Models & the AGI Debate Google DeepMindFeb 12, 2026

Google DeepMind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think

Gemini 3 Deep Think upgrade — ARC-AGI-2 84.6%, HLE 48.4%

Why it matters

ARC-AGI-2 is effectively saturated. The announcement does not discuss AGI, framing the upgrade instead as accelerating science, research and engineering

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialblog.googlehttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/

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