Built on Google’s recently announced Gemini 2.0 Flash model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental appears to be similar in design to OpenAI’s o1 and other so-called reasoning models. Unlike most AI, reasoning models effectively fact-check themselves, which helps them avoid some of the pitfalls that normally trip up AI models.
As a drawback, reasoning models often take longer — usually seconds to minutes longer — to arrive at solutions.