this release got every single AI lab genuinely scared... people just realized Google isn't building for the best frontier model, they're building the engine that will power most AI agents - it has similar performances as Opus 5 - stupidly cheap and insanely fast (300tps) - great vision and videos understanding it checks everything you'd expect to have in a personal assistant like Hermes or Grok Bot this model and upcoming Gemini flash releases will become the daily driver for A LOT of people

Logan Kilpatrick@OfficialLoganKSep 2

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash, another jump in Gemini's agentic + coding capabilities, and our 3rd updated Flash model in only 6 weeks... This model has been a ton of fun to work with, excited to see what you all think!