Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its "most ambitious pre-training run yet" for Gemini 4 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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Google released new Gemini Flash variants and signaled a major Gemini 4 pre-training run.

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<a href="https://9to5google.com/2026/07/21/gemini-3-6-flash-launch/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260721/i25.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260721/p25#a260721p25" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Abner Li / <a href="https://9to5google.com/">9to5Google</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://9to5google.com/2026/07/21/gemini-3-6-flash-launch/">Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its &ldquo;most ambitious pre-training run yet&rdquo; for Gemini 4</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; As we wait for 3.5 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite, while providing updates on what comes next.</p>

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