Google I/O is now a credibility test: Gemini must prove it can win real developer workflows, not just demos.
Key takeaways
- One year is all it took for Google I/O to flip from a victory lap for Gemini 2.5 Pro into a credibility test for Google’s entire AI strategy.
- When Google opens its annual developer conference in Mountain View, California, it will arrive as “a clear third place in the foundation model race,” according to ...
- That makes this I/O less about spectacle and more about proof. Google needs to show that Gemini can become a serious working layer for coding, science, health, and con...
- One Year After Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google Is Fighting the “Third Place” Label
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