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Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash variant release in six weeks, with a standard version and a specialized Cyber version for security work. The company is offering introductory pricing through year-end but shows no sign of releasing the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro.
- Google is shipping Flash models at an accelerating pace (three releases in six weeks) while the higher-tier Pro model remains stuck at early 2026 versions
- Gemini 3.8 Flash comes in two flavors: a general "workhorse" model and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, tuned specifically for vulnerability detection
- Introductory pricing is $0.75/$3.75 per million input/output tokens (dropping to $1.50/$7.50 after year-end), matching aggressive price cuts from competitors to retain customer adoption
Google has launched its powerful Gemini AI model, which has outperformed competitors, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, to become the leading AI chatbot. The company's extensive investment in research and hardware development has enabled it to protect its search business amidst the growing popularity of chatbots.
- Google's Gemini model has overtaken ChatGPT to become the top-ranked AI chatbot
- Years of heavy investment in in-house AI research and custom hardware (TPUs) let Google catch up after appearing to lag OpenAI
- That infrastructure edge is also helping Google defend its core search business against the threat posed by chatbots