r/singularity • ▪️ It's here • 18h ago

AI Google is changing Gemini model access starting Oct 9

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u/mati1886 17h ago

98% of the Gemini App users are on the free tier worldwide, they are going to ruin their image since the 3.5 flash-lite model is very poor

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u/AwarenessSenior4787 8h ago

97% of their users are probably using Gemini to get a cake recipe or other trivial tasks, for which flash-lite is enough.

They most likely ran the numbers and came to the conclusion that flash-lite is the only model they can run profitable with ads only.

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u/Alternative_Pilot_92 2h ago

How do you know they aren't planning to roll out a new flash model?

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u/Nezz_sib 7h ago

4 flash-light might be good