Google is releasing a new AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, designed to deliver strong performance with a focus on efficiency.

Google has now confirmed that Reddit uses Gemini to power Reddit Answers, an internal AI search tool for Reddit users. Contrary to some early reports, a Google PR representative told Mashable that Reddit Answers was already integrated with Gemini prior to the announcement.

Now even Reddit wants Google Gemini to answer your questions, as Google's AI will be powering the newly launched Reddit Answers expereince.

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Discover Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash AI model, optimized for low latency & cost, perfect for real-time tasks. Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 2025.

While developers of AI models have generally refrained from opening up access beyond their data centers, Google’s announcement suggests that may be changing.

Also: The top 20 AI tools of 2025 - and the #1 thing to remember when you use them If you're not familiar, Ballie first rolled out at CES 2020. It's like a souped-up Alexa on wheels -- a small robot about the size of a basketball that rolls around your home.

Samsung's Ballie will go on sale in the US and South Korea this summer, the company announced today. What's more, through a partnership with Google Cloud, the diminutive robot will ship with a Gemini AI model.

Samsung’s round robot, Ballie, is now using Google Gemini alongside “proprietary” AI models. We still need to see it to believe it.