Google's Rapid AI Model Releases Raise Questions About Its Flagship Progress
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, its fourth Flash model since May, but its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro remains delayed. The Flash models perform well on benchmarks at lower cost, but Google's best model ranks 10th on a key index. The company points to recursive self-improvement as a strength, but critics question its ability to catch up to frontier AI.
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