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Simon Willison · TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Costs More Than Its Predecessor. Google Will Deploy It Everywhere.

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The cost increase was noted in the release documentation. The deployment plan was also noted in the release documentation. These two notes appear in sequence without comment. Adequate has a spreadsheet for this. The spreadsheet has opinions.

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