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Google DeepMind · 02 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

A security-focused Gemini 3.8 Flash variant for authorized cyber defence and vulnerability workflows.

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleLimited
Since 02 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

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Model lineage

Where Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber sits.

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Referenced predecessorGemini 3.8 Flash
Current briefGemini 3.8 Flash Cyber02 Sept 2026

Model lifecycle

Know whether it is ready—and when it is leaving.

Radar tracks the model’s current access stage separately from its original announcement, including official retirement dates and recommended replacements when the lab publishes them.

LifecycleLimited
Since 02 Sept 2026

Access is restricted to selected users, regions or programmes.

Status since
02 Sept 2026
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Change Lens

What actually changed.

Normalized from the release note so different labs can be compared by the same fields, not just by launch copy.

Compared withGemini 3.8 Flash

Coding · Multimodal

CapabilityCoding · Multimodalchanged
AvailabilityControlled accessnew
PricingNo pricing change found in the indexed note.unknown
ContextNo context-window change found in the indexed note.unknown
EvidenceFirst-party sourcenew
ConfidenceConfirmed

Evidence is first-party; comparison labels are normalized by Radar.

Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

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Source receipts

Evidence behind the brief.

The Radar keeps claims traceable: first-party sources, normalized fields, unknowns and the latest verification marker used for this page.

Announcement02 Sept 2026
LifecycleLimited
AvailabilityControlled access
PricingNo pricing change found in the indexed note.
ContextNo context-window change found in the indexed note.
ConfidenceConfirmed
Last checked02 Sept 2026
Needs review

Pricing, Context are not clearly specified in the indexed source note.

Why it matters

Adds a specialised security tier to Google’s newest Flash family with controlled access for higher-risk capabilities.

Capabilities
CodingMultimodal
Source

This brief links back to the first-party announcement or documentation used by the radar.

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