Google is walking backwards, with such a pile of cash in pocket, i feel they are doomed.

I'm going to get downvoted/flagged but I feel like we need a new type of "Show HN/Tell HN" etc for "New AI Model Available".

Front page is tedious these days.

Haven't been excited for a Gemini release since December. Wild to see.

Models are expensive and low performance. On top of that they make you jump through hoops to even use these models without being throttled even for the weaker models. The only reason we are using them is credits. As soon as credits run out we are switching immediately.

the real product is the naming confusion we made along the way. Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, 3.5 Flash Cyber — at this point even the model cards need a model to explain them

Not good enough for high-end, not cheap enough to be for low-end. Next!

Nice to see that it's cheaper than 3.5

quite a good model, the speed/price/quality ration is a new golden intersection for me, not sure if its as good as grok 4.5 but quite fast/capable model.

It feels like AI is going to be the end of Google. The post-Schmidt company culture cannot produce consistent, consumer-friendly products that any sane person would want to use consistently.

"The model will be exclusively available to governments and trusted partners via CodeMender soon as part of a limited-access pilot program"

we are stealing plutocracy from the jaws of emancipation.

i don't want to live in a world where abundance is guarded and shared among politicians and cronies, whilst the rest are left to rot.