Users say Gemini 3.8 Flash regressed for agentic tasks, calling 3.7 Flash calmer and faster
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-03
A user reports that Gemini 3.7 Flash is significantly better than the newer 3.8 Flash for agentic tasks: 3.7 is calmer, double-checks its work before handing off, and runs much faster, while 3.8 is mainly good as a chat model. They question why Google weakened its agent performance.
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