Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
TL;DR
- Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks, suggesting a pause in Gemini Pro updates.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash comes in two versions: standard for general tasks and 'Cyber' for vulnerability detection.
- The new model shows marginal improvements over Gemini 3.7 Flash, with larger gains in coding evaluations.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the DeepSWE leaderboard for software engineering problems at a lower cost.
- Its performance in agentic computer use tests (OSWorld-2.0) is still behind market leaders like Claude Opus.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber shows substantial internal improvements in identifying vulnerabilities and issuing patches.
- API access to Gemini 3.8 Flash is available at an introductory rate until the end of the year.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash is available across the Google ecosystem, while Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is limited to trusted testers and governments.