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Google Gemini 3.8 Flash Coding AI Model Expected This Week

The model has been tested on an internal coding tool, and coders reportedly prefer it to Anthropic’s Claude Opus, insiders said.

Summary by Quartz
Gemini 3.8 Flash, known internally as "Skimaki," is expected to release Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal

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Google would be about to launch Gemini 3.8 Flash, a model designed to improve programming tasks and compete against Anthropic and OpenAI. The system, known internally as Skimaki, would have been preferred by test engineers against Claude Opus, although its Flash format points at speed and low cost, not to compete directly with the larger flagship models.

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Gizmodo broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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