Aug 13 2026

Google ships Gemini 3.7 Flash, a cheaper coding-and-agents workhorse, three weeks after 3.6 Flash and while Gemini 3.5 Pro stays delayed.

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43.6% on FrontierCode 1.1 vs 34.4% prior, priced at $0.75/$3.75 per million through year-end before doubling January 1st 2027. Artificial Analysis Index 56.

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