`Gemini 3.5 Flash` ships broadly with a 3-6x price jump

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• #0001

  #0001Models & APISimon Willison5 hours ago

  `llm-gemini` `0.32` adds `gemini-3.5-flash`

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  llm-geminiLLM CLI plugin — calls Gemini models from `llm`

  Simon Willison's llm CLI can now call Google's new Flash model through the Gemini plugin. Small update, but useful if your scripts already depend on llm.

  • —llm-gemini now exposes gemini-3.5-flash, so existing llm CLI workflows can test the model without custom API glue.
  • —Scope is one model alias in a plugin release. This is practical plumbing, not a new app-building capability by itself.
  • —Best fit is quick model comparison for summaries, extraction, and generation jobs already wired around Simon Willison's llm ecosystem.

  Source: simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/llm-gemini-2/#atom-everythRead original →
• #0002

  #0002Models & APIGeekNews7 hours ago

  `Gemini 3.5 Flash` targets long-running agents and coding

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  Google is pushing the fast tier into frontier-agent territory. Recheck Gemini automation stacks where latency matters and quality was the blocker.

  • —First Gemini 3.5 model combines frontier-level intelligence with execution ability, aimed at long-running agent and coding tasks.
  • —Keeps the Flash-series speed profile, so it competes for production flows where Pro-class latency was too expensive.
  • —Scores 76.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and 1656 Elo on GDPval-AA, beating Gemini 3.1 Pro in the cited benchmarks.

  Source: news.hada.io/topic?id=29670Read original →
• #0003

  #0003Models & APIGoogle AI11 hours ago

  Google adds `$100 AI Ultra` tier to `Google AI` subscriptions

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  Google is expanding paid AI access beyond Plus and Pro. The new high-end tier signals stronger feature gating, but API impact is unclear.

  • —AI Ultra is priced at $100; useful only if the included model or product limits beat existing Pro access.
  • —Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra all get new features and benefits, but the excerpt gives no quota or model details.
  • —This is subscription pricing, not confirmed API pricing. Treat it as a product-access signal, not a backend cost change.

  Source: blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-one/gRead original →