Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding, beats Claude on benchmark
New Flash model spotted a day before launch, priced at half the previous version
Google's AI research organization that builds Gemini. AlphaGo and AlphaFold also came out of here. In August 2026, Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash, a coding-focused model, surpassing Anthropic's Claude on benchmarks. That same month, Gemini 3.7 Flash was updated again to a version that raised its intelligence score while cutting response time. Pixel Watch 5 will feature an offline-capable version of Gemini, with its price rising by $50. In August 2026, Demis Hassabis stepped down from Google DeepMind and Jeff Dean also left the company after 27 years, sending Alphabet's stock down 4%.
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