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Public story · 2026-07-14 · high
Recursive tool-calling and SVG failures forced the rebuild, per TechTimes, which targets a July 17 relaunch.
Why now: TechTimes reported the rebuild on July 13, four days ahead of the July 17 target.
Google scrapped Gemini 3.5 Pro and rebuilt it after engineers found structural failures in recursive tool-calling and SVG generation, per TechTimes.
For developers building agents on Gemini, that's the failure mode that matters: a model that reasons but can't chain tool calls is unusable in production. Google is betting the delay is worth it, reportedly targeting a 2-million-token context window and pricing near $1.25 per million input tokens for the rebuild.
The rebuilt model targets a July 17 release and adds a reasoning mode called Deep Think, per TechTimes.
None of the specs come from Google directly. TechTimes' own headline flags the context window, pricing, and release date as unconfirmed.
I'd bet the spec sheet doesn't survive launch. Pricing and context window figures are usually the first things a lab revises after a public teardown, and I'm watching both closely. If Gemini 3.5 Pro ships July 17 with both numbers unchanged, that says more about Google's execution than the numbers themselves.
TechTimes reported the rebuild on July 13, four days ahead of the July 17 target.
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Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Deep Think, Gemini, Google; overlapping topics (agent, deep, model, recursive).
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Deep Think, Gemini, Google; overlapping topics (around, days, deep).
Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Gemini, Google, July; reported by the same outlet (techtimes.com).
OpenAI partners with Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (OpenAI partners with Google); both cover Gemini, July; overlapping topics (agent, model).
Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Deep Think, Gemini; overlapping topics (agent, deep).
Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Deep Think, Gemini, Google; earlier Deep Think coverage from 2026-06-23.
Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini built by Google); both cover Gemini, Google; overlapping topics (agent, capability).
Gemini uses Chrome / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Gemini uses Chrome); both cover Gemini, Google; overlapping topics (agent, model).