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A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons

James O'Donnell

created: April 17, 2025, 7 p.m. | updated: April 22, 2025, 12:22 p.m.

Google DeepMind’s latest update to a top Gemini AI model includes a dial to control how much the system “thinks” through a response. The new feature is ostensibly designed to save money for developers, but it also concedes a problem: Reasoning models, the tech world’s new obsession, are prone to overthinking, burning money and energy…

7 months, 3 weeks ago: MIT Technology Review