Google's AI Catch Up: What This Means for DeepMind and the Industry Google's long standing reputation as a laggard in the AI space may be about to change.
According to an anonymously sourced report in the Wall Street Journal, Google DeepMind is on the verge of shipping a new coding first AI model called Gemini 3. 8 Flash, also known as Skimaki.
The industry has been shifting towards efficiency and cost effectiveness in AI development, with smaller, faster models gaining traction over behemoths like OpenAI's Astra.