Key Takeaways
- Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model designed for coding and autonomous agents.
- The model is four times faster than other frontier models and can build an operating system from scratch in internal tests.
- It’s now the default model in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Search globally.
Google’s shift to AI agents rather than chatbots as its next wave is evident with the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash. This new model can independently execute coding pipelines, manage research projects, and even build an operating system from scratch.
Koray Kavukcuoglu, DeepMind’s chief technologist, highlighted that 3.5 Flash outperforms its predecessor on nearly all benchmarks including coding, agentic tasks, and multimodal reasoning.
Google also introduced Antigravity 2.0 as a standalone application to support agent-first development, with Google’s senior director and head of product, Tulsee Doshi, explaining that 3.5 Pro will serve as an orchestrator for the pair.
The new model is already showing impact among partners like banks automating workflows and data science teams finding insights in complex environments. However, this broader availability comes with concerns about potential harm, prompting Google to strengthen safeguards and calibrate interactions more carefully.
Google also announced that Gemini 3.5 Flash will be available via Antigravity, the Gemini API, and the Gemini app, as well as through AI Mode in Search.
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