Catching Up in Coding: Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash Could Launch as Early as Wednesday, Codenamed 'Skimaki'
Summary
According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is about to release a new model, Gemini 3.8 Flash, with significantly upgraded coding capabilities, internally codenamed 'Skimaki', which could launch as early as Wednesday local time. Internal tests show the model significantly narrows the gap with Anthropic and OpenAI in coding. The release comes amid major personnel changes at Google DeepMind, with the new leader emphasizing faster execution.
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This news is not directly about investment or valuation, but about model releases and personnel changes, which is AI industry news but weakly related to the bubble question. It may indirectly affect market expectations of Google's AI competitiveness, but provides no specific funding or valuation figures.
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