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Why Google Gemini’s Pokémon success isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

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Google 's Gemini 2.5 large language models beat Google 's Claude 3.7 in Pokémon Blue this weekend .

The results were streamed on Twitch , with Google CEO Sundar Pichai among those watching.

The achievement is not a benchmark for how well an AI model can play Pokémon , developer JoelZ says.

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