Gemini Flash Gets Pricey, AI Act Delays, Agents Drive Online Traffic
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Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, a faster mid-tier model with improved agentic capabilities and visual understanding, but at three times the price of its predecessor. The model costs $1.50 per million input tokens (compared to $0.05 for Gemini 3 Flash) and topped benchmarks like APEX-Agents-AA with 47.1% accuracy. Higher per-token prices across major AI providers mean the "Flash" designation no longer signals a cost advantage for developers building agents. Meanwhile, the European Union delayed high-risk AI regulations to December 2027 and December 2026 for other provisions, citing competitiveness concerns, though it strengthened rules banning non-consensual intimate imagery.
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