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TL;DR
- Google is reportedly very close to launching Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- The upcoming model could arrive with major vibe coding upgrades to take on Anthropic’s Fable and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol.
- Google has internally scrapped plans to launch Gemini 3.5 Pro, and could only release the next Pro model with Gemini 4.0.
With such a wide range of applications, Gemini feels more like a general-purpose technology or GPT (no, not that GPT) and less like a specialized frontier model. But it has made reasonable strides in vibe coding. Earlier in March, Google CEO Sundar Pichai himself said that 75% of Google’s code is vibe coded and approved by engineers. While that could be why Pixel’s software updates remain a mess, Google is continuing to advance its vibe coding focus and is reportedly testing a new model that could compete with stalwarts such as Claude Cowork (powered by Fable or Mythos), (now) xAI-owned Cursor, and ChatGPT’s Codex.
DeepMind, Google’s frontier AI research arm, could soon release a new model with significantly improved coding capabilities, the Wall Street Journal has reported (paywalled). Based on internal testing, Google’s engineers reportedly found the new model, Gemini 3.8 Flash, better than Anthropic’s Opus (unspecified version).
