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22nd January 2025 - Link Blog

llm-gemini 0.9. This new release of my llm-gemini plugin adds support for two new experimental models:

• learnlm-1.5-pro-experimental is "an experimental task-specific model that has been trained to align with learning science principles when following system instructions for teaching and learning use cases" - more here.

• gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21 is a brand new version of the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model released today:

  Latest version also includes code execution, a 1M token content window & a reduced likelihood of thought-answer contradictions.

The most exciting new feature though is support for Google search grounding, where some Gemini models can execute Google searches as part of answering a prompt. This feature can be enabled using the new -o google_search 1 option.