I'm going to assume they are saving on inference by rolling it out faster.
replyYou'd think so but they've been updating gemini.google.com really slowly. Up until couple weeks ago it still had gemini 3.1 - which is a February release model.
replySo this is an actual change of pace
Why do you think rolling out faster -> more inference savings?
replyIf one of the dimensions it improves upon is inference cost per unit of work, then switching over to it would save money, and the sooner you do that, the more you save.
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replyHere's an explaination of what's going on in the backend.
replyAlibaba is forced to do this stuff: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/al...
Meanwhile Deepseek: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45643163#45652636
Smaller model, likely.
replyIf it's more efficient than 3.8 that it replaces.
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