Ali Asif

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Gemini: what I’ve logged

Gemini comes up in 12 posts of my AI log, from October 2025 to October 2026, and each item below links to the primary source. The sources come from Google DeepMind, Google Cloud and Google, filed under frontier, open weights and robotics.

Items that mention Gemini

  1. Google DeepMind 13 Oct 2026

    Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems

    Google's new frontier model, live in the API, Antigravity and the Gemini app, priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens at launch.

    Primary source

  2. Google DeepMind 13 Oct 2026

    Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics

    Reports 87% on the ERQA embodied reasoning benchmark and shows prompts for robot control, Real2Sim and hindsight labeling.

    Primary source

  3. Google DeepMind 31 Aug 2026

    Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

    Google's most capable Flash model for long-horizon software and agent work, with a separate cyber variant for defenders.

    Primary source

  4. Google DeepMind 10 Aug 2026

    Gemini 3.7 Flash

    Google's generally available workhorse for coding and agents, with a 1M-token window, 64K output and thinking levels from low to high.

    Primary source

  5. Google DeepMind 20 Jul 2026

    Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber

    A generally available multimodal Flash model with a 1M-token window at $0.75 in and $3.75 out per million tokens, plus a cheaper Lite tier.

    Primary source

  6. Google Cloud 20 Jul 2026

    Google commits $40M to the Genesis Mission

    Google puts $40 million in tokens and credits behind the US Department of Energy program, including DeepMind science tools and Gemini seats for national lab staff.

    Primary source

  7. Google DeepMind 23 Mar 2026

    Gemini 3.1 Flash Live

    A real-time audio model for voice agents, with lower latency and better function calling.

    Primary source

  8. Google DeepMind 9 Mar 2026

    Gemini Embedding 2

    One embedding model maps text, images, video and audio into the same space, so a single search can span all of them.

    Primary source

  9. Google DeepMind 2 Mar 2026

    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

    Google's cheapest Gemini 3 tier, built for high-volume work where cost per call is the constraint.

    Primary source

  10. Google 23 Feb 2026

    Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

    Pro-level image quality at Flash speed, with better text rendering and consistency across characters and objects.

    Primary source

  11. Google DeepMind 16 Feb 2026

    Gemini 3.1 Pro

    Google's updated top model, with a model card and a stronger showing on reasoning benchmarks.

    Primary source

  12. Google DeepMind 9 Feb 2026

    Gemini 3 Deep Think update

    Google upgraded its extended-reasoning mode, pitched at hard science and engineering problems.

    Primary source

  13. Google 15 Dec 2025

    Gemini 3 Flash

    Google put its fast tier of Gemini 3 into the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search as the default, so most users now get a frontier-class model without picking one.

    Primary source

  14. Google DeepMind 6 Oct 2025

    Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

    A Gemini model that clicks, types and scrolls through a real browser through the API.

    Primary source

Posts that cover Gemini

October 20261 entry

  1. 14 Oct 2026Gemini 4 Argon lands, Run:ai goes open sourceFrontier · Open weights · Robotics · Image, video, world · Science · Agents and coding

August 20262 entries

  1. Week of 31 Aug 2026Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra both land, plus Gemini 3.8 FlashFrontier · Open weights · Science · Agents and coding
  2. Week of 10 Aug 2026Grok 4.6, Gemini 3.7 Flash and GLM-5.3 arrive in four daysFrontier · Open weights · Science

July 20261 entry

  1. Week of 20 Jul 2026Claude Opus 5 arrives, Gemini 3.6 Flash and Solar Open 2 followFrontier · Open weights · Image, video, world · Policy and business

March 20263 entries

  1. Week of 23 Mar 2026Google's TurboQuant, open voice from Mistral and Cohere, Flash LiveFrontier · Open weights · Science · Agents and coding
  2. Week of 9 Mar 2026Nemotron 3 Super opens up and Gemini Embedding 2 goes multimodalOpen weights · Agents and coding · Image, video, world
  3. Week of 2 Mar 2026GPT-5.4 ships, Karpathy's autoresearch, and Qwen3.5 goes smallFrontier · Open weights · Image, video, world · Agents and coding

February 20263 entries

  1. Week of 23 Feb 2026Nano Banana 2, Qwen3.5 medium models and a diffusion LLMOpen weights · Image, video, world · Policy and business
  2. Week of 16 Feb 2026Qwen3.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro in one weekFrontier · Open weights · Agents and coding
  3. Week of 9 Feb 2026GLM-5, MiniMax M2.5 and Seedance 2.0 arrive before Lunar New YearFrontier · Open weights · Image, video, world · Agents and coding · Policy and business

December 20251 entry

  1. Week of 15 Dec 2025Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-5.2-Codex and Nvidia's open Nemotron 3Frontier · Open weights · Image, video, world · Agents and coding

October 20251 entry

  1. Week of 6 Oct 2025DevDay apps, Gemini drives a browser, 7M-parameter reasoningFrontier · Agents and coding · Open weights · Science