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  "id": 5164260,
  "title": "Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/google-says-its-new-gemini-3-8-flash-model-works-harder-but-might",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T20:11:40.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988742/google-gemini-3-8-flash"
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  "summary": "Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model \"works harder\" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and \"calling tools iteratively.\" It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Gemini 3.8 Flash rolling out three weeks after last release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/gemini-3-8-flash-rolling-out-three-weeks-after-last-release",
        "published": "2026-09-02T15:18:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks",
        "published": "2026-09-02T16:56:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "5 new features coming to Android — including improvements to Google Messages, Gemini Live, and Find Hub",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/5-new-features-coming-to-android-including-improvements-to-google",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/google-releases-gemini-3-8-flash-its-third-flash-model-in-six-weeks",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:13:54.000Z"
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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."
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