With Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google Reminds Everyone It's Still in the Race
The fourth Flash model in four months scores 59 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and starts at $0.75 per million input tokens.
- On Wednesday, Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, marking the company's third Flash-tier model launch in just six weeks.
- Rapidly iterating, Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash in July and Gemini 3.7 Flash in mid-August to compete against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI in coding and specialized AI.
- Scoring 59 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the model is "the cheapest model at its level of intelligence," according to Google senior director Tulsee Doshi.
- Through the Fairwind Program, Google is providing governments and critical infrastructure organizations access to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for software vulnerability hunting and remediation.
- Introductory pricing of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens remains through December 31, 2026, before rates double; Google continues developing its next flagship model, Gemini 4.
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Can Gemini 3.8 Flash Close the Gap? Google Takes Aim at OpenAI and Anthropic
Google Gemini 3.8 Flash launches as a coding-focused AI model that reportedly rivals Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol while being cheaper to run. Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, claiming flagship-level coding performance at a significantly lower cost.
Google takes on Anthropic and OpenAI with Gemini 3.8 Flash, says it can match performance at lower cost
Google has announced Gemini 3.8 Flash, its latest AI model, which it says can match large frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic. But Google says that Gemini 3.8 Flash can bring similar coding capabilities to rivals at a much lower cost.
Google stacks models at broken prices while its cutting-edge model is still waiting. Behind the machine gun pace, a goal that has nothing philanthropic: equip everyone, and collect your data.
At the same time, the Tech Group is launching a new security initiative with the Fairwind Program. It is aimed at selected partner companies and is reminiscent of projects of other AI providers. read more on t3n.de
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