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Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by drusepth » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #130

jampa wrote: post #122

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I asked Claude to fix the grammar of my comment, and it changed "I am using 3.7 for" to "I've been using Claude 3.7", so they sneaked their own name on it.

you didn’t even read your comment before you posted it?

Once you've written something, it's incredibly easy to overlook minute changes to the text.

See: why authors wait days, weeks, or even months before editing what they've written (or, if you're more interested: cognitive regression, inattentional blindness, and the effects of misdirected saccades).

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by alex1138 » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

It's a shame Google crams it ham-fistedly into search results and that Google has some of the reputation it has because I actually really enjoy Gemini and I don't even use it for the reason people often list which is that you can cross-reference it to stuff in your Google account

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by aff-vasileva » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

The model seems fast enough to solve your problem before Google finishes explaining which of its three products you need to open to access it.

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by gere » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

I have mixed feelings about Gemini 3.7 Flash. I used it for a personal project in Java and it was ok: it was crazy fast and it reached the correct result, but the code quality was barely passable.

I also used it for a an app for my Garmin watch, and it wasn't good. The code was compiling, but functionality was totally broken and even with a lot of steering it wasn't able to make it work. GLM 5.3-flash instead was up for it and the code wasn't bad at all. I am curious to see if 3.8 is an improvement in this use case.

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by EFLKumo » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

Something maybe unfamiliar with you: not about coding but writing. I've asked it to write an argumentative essay, which is a part of "gaokao" (China's university entrance exam), and its work is *extremely* impressive. speaks and writes like a real senior high school student, and the opinions unfold progressively with deep hierarchy. I don't know how the Gemini team reaches this because this kind of Chinese capability literally outperforms at least 2/3 Chinese students, no to mention those who speak Chinese. After all, the model speaks like a real humankind if you prompt it well. That's AGI guys

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by deanc » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

deno wrote: post #222

deanc wrote: post #158

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What stage of the roll out are we where I don’t even see 3.7-flash which was released 2-3 weeks ago?

Try updating the app? You should see at least 3.7 I think. It's been available for quite some time.

The app is up to date :)

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by sawjet » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

wayeq wrote: post #260

pietz wrote: post #211

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Mission accomplished. That's both cool and fast.

> That's both cool and fast. and probably a barely modified knock-off of some github project that it trained on

You're so upset that you have to invent an imaginary hypothesis to make yourself feel better.

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by scosman » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #85

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #72

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This is in comparison to Fable: > https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... > Took just under 14 minutes to generate, and at 65927 output tokens cost me a hefty $3.30! So 50x cheaper - and how much faster?

The Gemini models have openly trained for SVG output, apparently with a specialism on animals in forms of transport! https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/2024525132266688757

Community effort happening here to build the ideal dataset: https://github.com/scosman/pelicans_riding_bicycles

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by koalaman » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

I use Gemini to make sense of things Claude says to me.

Re: Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Post by heliosAtwork » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #200

The speed combined with the fact that this thing is really good at HTML JavaScript is pretty exciting. Here's what I got for 1.8 cents and 13 seconds from the prompt "make me a cool thing in html": https://gisthost.github.io/?6a77bc41a81718c6aaa10d4ab243c59f Transcript here (it was part of a chat): https://gist.github.com/simonw/b6149a49d327164d67d62c3d12992...

Focus on speed and being OK with temporarily being #3/4 in intelligence might be the counterintuitive approach which makes Google win long term (whether accidentally or strategically). Can't wait to try Gemini Pro later this year!