Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again
In Brief Posted: 4:55 PM PST · February 19, 2026 Image Credits:Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch Lucas Ropek Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again On Thursday, Google released the newest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. The model, 3.1, is currently available as a preview and will be generally released soon, the company said. Google’s new model may be one of the most powerful LLMs yet. Onlookers have noted that Gemini 3.1 Pro appears to be a big step up from its predecessor, Gemini 3 — which, upon its release in November, was already considered a highly capable AI tool. On Thursday, Google also shared statistics from independent benchmarks — such as one called Humanity’s Last Exam — that showed it performing significantly…
