Blogger swaps in Gemini 3.8 Flash as writing model, says it beats Opus 4.6 with no AI flavor
xiaohu · x · 2026-09-11
Blogger "xiaohu" reports switching his site's writing model to Gemini 3.8 Flash, calling it possibly the best writing model available now, surpassing Opus 4.6 with almost no "AI flavor" and very smooth, natural prose.
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