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  "id": 4942820,
  "title": "Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as soon as Wednesday; Gemini 4 has done well on pre-training evals but still needs to complete post-training (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/sources-google-plans-to-release-gemini-3-8-flash-as-soon-as-wednesday",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T21:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-google-ai-model-said-to-narrow-gap-on-coding-ability-264c6052?st=aeqCY9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Google is planning to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as early as Wednesday, according to sources. Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash show progress in an area where the company has lagged behind Anthropic and OpenAI, as per the Wall Street Journal.\n\nGemini 4 has performed well on pre-training evaluations but still needs to complete post-training.\n\nMeanwhile, Google has rolled out a new feature for Gemini Live called Guided Vision, which can provide descriptions of what's in front of the user, helping with tasks such as reading fine print or locating household objects, reports Android Authority.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ZDNet",
        "title": "Gemini Notebook can analyze your Google Play books now: 3 ways I use this feature",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gemini-notebook-can-analyze-your-google-play-books-now-3-ways-i-use",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:58:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "I hate having Gemini in Google Messages — here’s how to hide it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/i-hate-having-gemini-in-google-messages-heres-how-to-hide-it",
        "published": "2026-09-01T10:00:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google launches Google Pics, a creative design suite powered by Gemini and Nano Banana to compete with Canva and Adobe Express, available as a Workspace app (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-launches-google-pics-a-creative-design-suite-powered-by-gemini",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Google prepares Gemini 3.8 Flash to narrow AI coding gap, WSJ reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-prepares-gemini-3-8-flash-to-narrow-ai-coding-gap-wsj-reports",
        "published": "2026-09-01T21:53:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google rolls out its September Android Drop, with remembered items in Find Hub, Guided vision in Gemini Live, Motion Assist to reduce motion sickness, and more (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-rolls-out-its-september-android-drop-with-remembered-items-in",
        "published": "2026-09-01T21:55:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}