Google's New Gemini AI Model and Tools Are All About Agents Now
Google has introduced its new Gemini AI model, Gemini 3.5 Flash, designed to operate as an agentic assistant. This model is expected to be faster and more cost-effective than competitors, with a focus on handling multiple tasks simultaneously. Additionally, Google is launching Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI assistant that can perform tasks in various applications like Gmail and Docs.
- ▪Gemini 3.5 Flash is now available to all users and is designed to operate quickly and efficiently.
- ▪The new AI assistant, Gemini Spark, will be released to a select group of users this week, with a broader beta next week.
- ▪Antigravity has been reimagined as an agent-first development tool, allowing for the management of teams of autonomous AI agents.
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Google's got a new Gemini AI model, and it's built to be agentic. The company debuted Gemini 3.5 Flash Tuesday at its Google I/O annual developers conference, with a more powerful Gemini 3.5 Pro expected next month.Google says its new AI models are comparable with other frontier and near-frontier models -- like OpenAI's GPT-5.5 or Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 -- but also focused on being faster and better capable of handling tasks for you. You'll be able to use those models in lots of different ways, including an OpenClaw-like 24/7 agentic assistant and an upgraded Antigravity coding platform. Here's what's coming in Gemini from Google I/O.A new pair of Gemini modelsThe first new model, Gemini 3.5 Flash, rolls out to all users starting now.
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