Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber AI Models
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber on September 3, 2026, both derived from the same foundation model. Flash is optimized for coding, reasoning, and AI agents, while Flash Cyber specializes in defensive cybersecurity and vulnerability patching. The models lead the HLE-Verified benchmark (54.9%) and perform strongly on DeepSWE v1.1, with Flash Cyber scoring 86.2% on Cybergym (beating GPT-5.5 Cyber) and 47.2% Pass@1 on CWE-Bench. Pricing remains $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through 2026, then doubles in 2027, undercutting rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. Cyber access is restricted via the Fairwind Program to select partners (e.g., CrowdStrike, Snowflake, government, critical infrastructure). Models are available across Google platforms, with MrBeast promoting them.
- •Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber on September 3, 2026.
- •Pricing is $0.75/1M input tokens and $3.75/1M output tokens (doubling in 2027), cheaper than OpenAI and Anthropic.
- •Gemini 3.8 Flash leads HLE-Verified (54.9%) and performs well on DeepSWE v1.1.
