Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

BlogJulie BortJul 4, 2026

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TechCrunch reports on Google's December 2025 release of a reimagined Gemini Deep Research agent built on Gemini 3 Pro, exposed via a new Interactions API so developers can embed the research capability in their own apps. The piece covers Google's new DeepSearchQA benchmark plus results on Humanity's Last Exam and BrowserComp (where Google led overall but ChatGPT 5 Pro edged it out on BrowserComp), and notes the announcement's timing landed the same day OpenAI shipped GPT-5.2.

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Google released on Thursday a "reimagined" version of its research agent Gemini Deep Research based on its much-ballyhooed state-of-the-art foundation model, Gemini 3 Pro.

This new agent isn't just designed to produce research reports — although it can still do that. It now allows developers to embed Google's SATA-model research capabilities into their own apps. That capability is made possible through Google's new Interactions API, which is designed to give devs more control in the coming agentic AI era.

The new Gemini Deep Research tool is an agent equipped to synthesize mountains of information and handle a large context dump in the prompt. Google says it's used by customers for tasks…

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