Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash boosts performance — but could raise token bills

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash delivers stronger reasoning and engineering performance but may increase token consumption and per-task costs despite unchanged per-token rates.

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash delivers stronger reasoning and engineering performance but may increase token consumption and per-task costs despite unchanged per-token rates.

A newly discovered Android security flaw has raised concerns after researchers found that Google’s Gemini AI assistant can be tricked into sending SMS and WhatsApp messages from a locked device without requiring the user’s PIN. According to a report by…