Rumor: Google Withholding Gemini 3.5 Pro
haider1 · x · 2026-07-16
Users are criticizing Google's baffling model release strategy. Allegedly, Google has been sitting on Gemini 3.5 Pro for a whole month without releasing it. Instead, the company has been continuously refreshing and re-indexing the webpage to keep the displayed update time at "6 hours ago," creating an illusion of ongoing progress (note: this is an unverified claim).
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