Gemini 2.5 completing Pokémon Blue and what it tells us about long-context reasoning in AI @BuzzRobot
Gemini 2.5 completing Pokémon Blue and what it tells us about long-context reasoning in AI  @BuzzRobot
Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Google got Gemini to play Pokémon without pre-trainig to analyze its performance and ability to use and create tools for puzzle solving.

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BuzzRobot spoke to Kiran Vodrahalli, a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and core contributor on Gemini, about long-context reasoning in AI and the recent Gemini 2.5 report.

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Links mentioned in the video:

Gemini 2.5: Pushing the Frontier with Advanced Reasoning, Multimodality, Long Context, and Next Generation Agentic Capabilities report can be found here: arxiv.org/abs/2507.06261
Michelangelo paper: arxiv.org/abs/2409.12640
OpenAI-MRCR benchmark: contextarena.ai
Gemini Plays Pokemon on stream: twitch.tv/gemini_plays_pokemon
Self-Improvement: github.com/waylaidwanderer/gemini-plays-pokemon-public/tree/default
The Making of Gemini Plays Pokémon blog post: https://blog.jcz.dev/the-making-of-gemini-plays-pokemon
Gemini 2.5 showcasing creativity while playing Pokémon: https://x.com/K_Ishi_AI/status/1935155673966461317


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