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Gemini 1.0 Ultra

Status unknown · Language, Multimodal · Milestone

Gemini 1.0 Ultra is the biggest of the three sizes of Google's Gemini 1.0 models, which Google describes as natively multimodal, announced in December 2023. It reached consumers as Ultra 1.0 in Gemini Advanced, part of the Google One AI Premium plan, in February 2024, and developers and Cloud customers a week later through the Gemini API and, via an allowlist, Vertex AI. [1] [2] [3] [4] Primary source

Timeline of Gemini 1.0 Ultra →

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  • Announced Primary source[1]Introducing Gemini; Gemini Ultra coming soon
  • Released In Gemini Advanced, under the name Ultra 1.0. Primary source[2]Access our most capable AI model with Gemini Advanced
  • Available to developers in the Gemini API and to Vertex AI customers via allowlist In the Gemini API it rolled out to select developers and partners; the Cloud blog page shows February 16, 2024. Primary source[3]A note from Sundar Pichai [5]first paragraph [4]Gemini 1.0 Ultra paragraph
  • Status Status unknownNo Google deprecation or retirement notice found; the model is not listed on the Gemini API deprecations page or in the Agent Platform model versions tables as seen on 2026-10-01. Evidence incompleteNo source
      • Input text, image, audio, videoThe technical report describes interleaved text, image, audio and video input for the Gemini 1.0 family; it notes that Ultra had not yet been evaluated on audio. Primary source[6]section 2, Table 1 and Figure 2 [7]Look out for Gemini Ultra
      • Context window 32k tokensStated for the Gemini 1.0 models as a family (trained with a sequence length of 32,768 tokens). Primary source[6]section 2; section 5.1.5 [3]Greater context, more helpful capabilities
      • Parameters Not disclosedNot disclosed by Google. No claim madeNo source
      • Access consumer app, APIGemini Advanced (Google One AI Premium plan); Gemini API for select developers; Vertex AI via allowlist. Primary source[2]Access our most capable AI model with Gemini Advanced [4]Gemini 1.0 Ultra paragraph [5]first paragraph

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