Gemini 1.5 Pro Released
Narrative
1M token context window. Improved quality over 1.0 Pro. Multimodal understanding. Available via API.
Reality
1M context functional but slow and expensive. Quality improvement verified. Multimodal capabilities strong. Long context use cases emerging.
Implication
Context window arms race escalated. 1M tokens technically impressive but practically limited. Google multimodal strength demonstrated.