Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Models With Cybersecurity Tools
Google has released two new artificial-intelligence models called Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber.
The regular Flash model is designed to help with coding, engineering and difficult reasoning problems.
Google says it can take extra steps and repeatedly use tools to improve its answers.
It is intended to remain fast and relatively inexpensive.
Its introductory price is the same as Gemini 3.7 Flash.
The Cyber version is built to find software weaknesses and help fix them automatically.
It is offered only to governments and trusted cybersecurity partners.
Google says the models have protections against harmful cyber activity and dangerous chemical or biological uses.
Google also says they are better at resisting prompt-injection attacks.
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, marking its third Flash release in six weeks.
Gemini 3.8 Flash targets software engineering, agentic tasks and complex multi-step reasoning while retaining the previous model’s introductory pricing.
The model costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens.
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is designed for vulnerability detection and automated patching and is restricted to governments and trusted defenders.
Google says the models include safeguards against cyber offense, CBRN misuse and prompt injection, while Flash Cyber uses more permissive cyber mitigations.
- Who
- Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber.
- What
- Google launched new AI models for coding, reasoning, agentic tasks, vulnerability detection and automated patching.
- When
- The launch came about three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash and was described as Google’s third Flash release in six weeks.
- Where
- The articles do not specify a physical launch location.
- Why
- Google says the models are intended to improve performance while maintaining fast, low-cost operation and supporting defensive cybersecurity work.
- Models
- Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
- Pricing
- $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Core uses
- Software engineering, agentic tasks, complex reasoning and specialized professional work
- Cyber capabilities
- Vulnerability detection and automated patching
- Access restrictions
- Flash Cyber is available only to governments and trusted defenders or partners
- Safety measures
- Safeguards address CBRN threats, cyber offense and prompt injection
- Reported benchmarks
- Google cited DeepSWE v1.1, Vals Finance Agent V2, Harvey’s Legal Agent Benchmark and HLE-Verified
- Program name discrepancy
- One article calls the access program Fairwind, while another spells it Gfaiwind
