Oh man, so Google just dropped this bombshell of an update on their AI model, Gemini 2.5. I mean, according to DeepMind’s big boss, Demis Hassabis, this thing is supposedly “the best coding model” they’ve ever whipped up. It’s like top-tier level, leading the charts on LMArena for coding and smashing it on the WebDev Arena Leaderboard… if you can believe that sort of thing.
So, Google’s been shouting from the rooftops about this: “2.5 Pro is now the leader on the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, beating the last version by a whopping +147 Elo points.” Yeah, these folks have a leaderboard that pretty much judges how people like a model’s skill at whipping up web apps that aren’t just pretty faces, but actually work. Oh, and it’s rocking video understanding like a champ too, apparently nailing 84.8% on this VideoMME thing. Sounds impressive, right? Or maybe that’s just a bunch of overachiever nerd-speak.
Anyway, the updated model’s dubbed the I/O edition—no surprises there. They name these things after their developer bash. It’s happening between May 21-25, and I guess they’re rolling out even more AI stuff then. Yippee.
And then there’s this CEO guy, Michael Truell from Cursor AI, who’s hyped up too. He’s all like, this model’s got serious chops in real-world coding. Claims it’s gonna mess up less with tool calls—whatever that means. Maybe developers will actually like this thing? Who knows.
Google’s all-in on making the coding side of Gemini 2.5 Pro better. They say they’re tackling those pesky function call errors and making it trigger right more often. Fancy coding talk, right?
You can snag this update via the Gemini API or mess around with it on Google’s Vertex AI and AI Studio. They even let you “vibe code” straight from the Gemini app. Vibe coding—I kid you not. Sounds like coding’s turned into some kind of chill jam session.
