Gemini is just that good. From my usage it is much smarter than DeepSeek or Claude 3.7 Thinking models.
A lot of Google’s market share across its services comes from the monopoly effects Google has. The quality of Gemini 2.5 is noticeably smarter than its competitors so I see the applause for the quality of the LLM and not for Google.
I think it’s way too early to say anything about who is winning the race. There is still a long way to go; o3 scores highest in Humanity’s Last Exam (https://agi.safe.ai/) at 20%, 2.5 scores 18%.
A lot of Google’s market share across its services comes from the monopoly effects Google has. The quality of Gemini 2.5 is noticeably smarter than its competitors so I see the applause for the quality of the LLM and not for Google.
I think it’s way too early to say anything about who is winning the race. There is still a long way to go; o3 scores highest in Humanity’s Last Exam (https://agi.safe.ai/) at 20%, 2.5 scores 18%.