Google Launches New Gemini Models 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

Google has announced the launch of three new Gemini models, each offering different capabilities for agent tasks and programming.
Google has launched three new models — Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is touted as the company's most intelligent Flash model to date for agent tasks and programming.
It is also cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash:
- Input tokens: $1.50
- Output tokens: $7.50
- In comparison, the output tokens for Gemini 3.5 Flash cost $9.00.
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is positioned as a fast and affordable model with high throughput and low latency for scaling agent tasks and working with sub-agents. It costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
Gemini 3.5 Pro is currently being tested with partners and will be available to the public when ready.
Additionally, Google has announced that it has already begun pre-training Gemini 4.
Why it matters
AnalysisThis is significant as the new Gemini models from Google provide enhanced capabilities for programming and agent tasks, which could impact the development of AI technologies.
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