Table of Contents

Trust the Chef.
Do Not Trust the Marketing Department.
Mark that Bench.
Going Multimodal.
The Art of Deep Research.
Project Mariner the Web Agent.
Project Astra the Universal Assistant.
Project Jules the Code Agent.
Gemini Will Aid You on Your Quest.
Reactions to Gemini Flash 2.0.

Trust the Chef

Google has been cooking lately.

Gemini Flash 2.0 is the headline release, which will be the main topic today.

But there's also Deep Research, where you can ask Gemini to take several minutes, check dozens of websites and compile a report for you. Think of it as a harder to direct, slower but vastly more robust version of Perplexity, that will improve with time and as we figure out how to use and prompt it.

NotebookLM added a [...]

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Outline:

(00:02) Trust the Chef

(03:19) Do Not Trust the Marketing Department

(04:10) Mark that Bench

(05:52) Going Multimodal

(07:40) The Art of Deep Research

(13:03) Project Mariner the Web Agent

(13:43) Project Astra the Universal Assistant

(15:11) Project Jules the Code Agent

(15:38) Gemini Will Aid You on Your Quest