Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber variant, three weeks after 3.7 Flash

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1. Techmemelast month
   Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as soon as Wednesday; Gemini 4 has done well on pre-training evals but still needs to complete post-training (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)

   Erin Woo / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as soon as Wednesday; Gemini 4 has done well on pre-training evals but still needs to complete post-training — Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash show progress in an area where the company has lagged behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

   
2. Hacker Newsbrataolast month
   Gemini 3.8 FlashHN
3. Techmemelast month
   Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, three weeks after 3.7 Flash launch, for an introductory price of $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens until December 31 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

   Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, three weeks after 3.7 Flash launch, for an introductory price of $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens until December 31 — After the last model release three weeks ago, Google today is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Flash. This marks the third Flash update in three months.

   
4. Hacker Newssimonsarrislast month
   Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash CyberHN
5. Google DeepMind Bloglast month
   Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
6. Simon Willisonlast month
   llm-gemini 0.34

   Release: llm-gemini 0.34 New model gemini-3.8-flash for Gemini 3.8 Flash , with low, medium and high thinking levels. #146 Fixed async responses failing to record the resolved model version. Thanks, Charlie Tonneslan . #137 Tags: llm , gemini

7. The Verge AIStevie Bonifieldlast month
   Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more

   Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash , arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor . The company claims the new model "works harder" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and "calling tools iteratively." It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but could still end up costing users more. Google warns that "the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels." Developers can keep using Gemini 3.7 Flash if they want to minimize token usage. Gemini 3.8 Flash's launch was followed by some early … Read the full story at The Verge.

   
8. 机器之心机器之心last month
   刚刚，谷歌Gemini 3.8登场！姚顺宇：RSI巨大飞跃

   深夜，谷歌正式推出 Gemini 3.8。这是谷歌在短短六周内推出的第三款 Flash 系列模型。 据介绍，Gemini 3.8 Flash 在保持与 Gemini 3.7 Flash 相同速度和成本优势的基础上，进一步提升了推理与代码能力，重点强化软件工程、Agent 任务以及复杂多步骤推理场景。 Gemini 3.8 包含两个版本： Gemini 3.8 Flash ：高智能通用工作模型（workhorse model）。相比 Gemini 3.7 Flash，它在软件工程、Agent 任务以及专业领域中的关键多步推理能力方面实现了显著提升。 该模型采用与 Gemini 3.7 Flash 相同的首发价格：输入 Token：每百万 Token 0.75 美元；输出 Token：每百万 Token 3.75 美元。 与此同时，Google 还推出了面向 网络安全领域的专用模型 Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber 。 该模型被定位为 Google 目前能力最强的网络安全模型之一，重点提升漏洞发现和自动化补丁修复能力，并将通过 Google 推出的 Fairwind Program 向经过认证的安全防御人员开放。 Google 表示，两个版本虽然面向不同部署环境，但均基于同一套底层模型能力，并通过长期运行的 Agent 循环机制进一步增强模型表现。 谷歌 DeepMind 核心成员姚顺宇表示：对模型而言，这只是迈出了一小步；但对于 RSI（递归自我改进，Recursive Self-Improvement）来说，却是一次巨大的飞跃。 Aigora.ai CEO John Ennis 将 Gemini 3.8 Flash 与 Anthropic 的模型进行了比较，称其具备：Opus 5 级别的代码质量，但成本只需一小部分，而且速度非常快。 Gemini 3.8 Flash：为长周期代码任务和自主 Agent 打造 Gemini 3.8 Flash 相比 Gemini 3.7 Flash 实现了显著提升，在许多任务中，其性能已经接近成本更高的前沿旗舰模型。 在 DeepSWE v1.1（长周期软件工程任务）测试中，Gemini 3.8 Flash 能够自主完成复杂工程问题的端到端解决，在性能上超过了大多数参数规模更大的前沿模型，同时成本仅为后者的一小部分。 此外