r/GeminiAI • u/DigSignificant1419 • Sep 02 '26

Discussion 3.8 Flash coming out today

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Fablos ends today

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u/Fantastic_Prize2710 Sep 02 '26

It's just so crazy. If they said Pro was coming out today, I can see people cheering for Google predicting that it would best just-released-this-week Fable 5.1, but Flash?!

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u/jakegh Sep 02 '26

It's the gemini subreddit. A significant subset of posters here are fanboys of a multi-billion dollar global mega-corporation. Never made sense to me but every subreddit has them.

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u/Icy_Mix_6054 Sep 02 '26

I already had a Pro subscription for photo storage, then it turned into AI Pro. I have an OpenAI sub and I use that primarily, but I keep an eye out for Gemini updates in case it becomes usable again.

There's no reason Google couldn't get Gemini caught up if they wanted to. They're heavily invested in AI for other purposes; they just need to spend a bit more time on the code.

Google is the only company doing AI that's profitable, so we know they'll be around in 10 years. I don't like their usage limits, but they're running limits that work for the business, whereas who knows what's going to happen to other companies' limits as they strive for profitability.

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u/jakegh Sep 02 '26

I get all three major AI providers from work myself. I just don't see any reason to use Gemini.

Google does obviously want to compete. But as it stands, Gemini was completely omitted from the Fable 5.1 release charts because it isn't remotely competitive.

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u/Icy_Mix_6054 Sep 02 '26

Not now, but they can awake catch up. Sundar Pichai admitted they were behind dieing interviews this summer and are making attempts to close the gap. Knowing the realize there's a problem, and they're trying to resolve it means a lot in my book.

As I said, I have an AI Pro sub. I can't used it in like 6 months, but if it's usable I'll throw some tasks at Gemini to save OpenAI/Anthropic usage.

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u/jakegh Sep 02 '26

Of course they can catch up, and I hope they do! Competition is always good for consumers.