Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash, the third Flash model in six weeks, matches Claude Opus 5 on some agentic coding benchmarks at lower cost. But its "working harder" reasoning burns about 30 percent more output tokens per task, making it pricier in practice than its predecessor despite identical token rates.

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Google Deepmind chief Koray Kavukcuoglu admits Google's current models are "a little bit below the frontier" but says he's "100% certain that we will be at the frontier." He didn't share any concrete frontier news to back that up, though.

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Google Deepmind has expanded Co-Scientist from a hypothesis generator into a research system that's integrated into the lab. Across three disciplines, from materials synthesis to the autonomous development of a medical AI architecture, the Gemini-based multi-agent system delivered experimentally validated results.

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Reimagine Robotics, an AI robotics company founded by former leaders of Google DeepMind’s Applied Robotics team, has emerged from stealth with new technology that allows robots to learn on the job. The company is developing intelligent robots that anyone can train and use. Instead of requiring specialist programmers whenever a task or production process changes, […]

German robotics company Agile Robots expects to double its revenue this year as demand for industrial automation continues to grow, according to an interview with the company’s chief executive published by the Wall Street Journal. CEO Zhaopeng Chen told the newspaper that Agile Robots generated revenue of €300 million (approximately $346 million) in 2025 and […]

Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics 2, a new suite of AI models designed to give humanoid and other robots greater autonomy through whole-body control, advanced dexterity and multi-robot collaboration. The system is being demonstrated on Apptronik‘s Apollo 2 humanoid robot, which Google DeepMind says can now perform full-body autonomous movements, including walking, crouching, bending […]