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Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
- Publication date: 2026-09-02
- Collection date: 2026-09-05
- Authors/organization: Google DeepMind
- Evidence type: first-party model release
- Language: en
- Source role: first-party release
- Panel: stable
- Exact URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/
Source facts
Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber. The post describes 3.8 Flash as a reasoning and coding model for agentic workflows, and 3.8 Flash Cyber as a cybersecurity model for vulnerability detection and automated patching available to trusted defenders through the Fairwind Program. The post gives an introductory price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens for 3.8 Flash.
Analysis
This release signals a split between a low-cost general workhorse model and a gated cyber-specialist model, with cybersecurity capability distributed through a trusted-access program.
Uncertainty/Doubt
*Performance, pricing conditions, access restrictions, and cybersecurity claims are Google-reported; independent evaluation and real-world outcomes were not available in this run.
