Google's new model Gemini 3.8 Flash might launch this week Google is set to release its new model Gemini 3.8 Flash (internal codename 'Skimaki'), with significantly improved programming capabilities, aiming to close the gap with Anthropic and OpenAI. It could be launched as early as this Wednesday. However, the Flash series is positioned as lightweight and doesn't match the performance of top-tier models. The more powerful 'Pro' series has been delayed by several months from its original schedule, and while the next-gen flagship Gemini 4 has shown promising pre-training results, it still requires further fine-tuning.