With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google has launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most advanced AI model focused on coding and autonomous agents. This new model can execute complex tasks with minimal human input, marking a shift from conversational AI to agentic capabilities. The release is accompanied by the Antigravity platform, designed to enhance the development and execution of AI agents.
- ▪Gemini 3.5 Flash can independently manage coding pipelines and research projects.
- ▪The model is four times faster than previous versions and has an optimized version that is 12 times faster.
- ▪Google's new AI capabilities are already being utilized by partners in sectors like banking and fintech.
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- ▪ Google just dropped Gemini 3.5 Flash — Reddit
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Google launched on Tuesday Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model that the company says is its strongest yet for coding and autonomous AI agents. The model, which was introduced at the company’s annual I/O developer conference, can independently execute coding pipelines, manage research projects, and, in internal tests, build an operating system entirely from scratch. The release signals Google’s shift from pitching AI as a conversational tool to AI as an agentic tool. It’s not just answering questions, but planning, building, and iterating on real work with minimal human input. “3.5 Flash offers an incredible combination of quality and low latency,” Koray Kavukcuoglu, DeepMind’s chief technologist, told reporters on Monday ahead of the public launch.
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