On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's 'workhorse model' that promises improved capabilities in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17%, making it cheaper than its predecessor 3.5 Flash. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the most cost-effective model in the class, and 3.5 Flash Cyber is a specialized model that was fine-tuned for finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities at a decent price point. This model will be exclusively available to governments and trusted partners as part of a limited access pilot program, according to Google. The launch is notable not just for what Google shipped ' cheaper, faster models optimized for coding, efficiency, and cybersecurity ' but also for what it didn't. The update doesn't include the long-anticipated update to Google's flagship model, Gemini Pro, which was last updated in February. In the time since that launch,...
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