Google shipped Gemini 4 Hydrogen mid-podcast, nearly 2.5x faster than 3.8 Flash
thursdai_pod · x · 2026-11-14
During a Thursdai podcast recording, the embargo lifted mid-interview and host Alex hit the breaking news button, asking guest Ivan Leo if Google had just shipped another model. Ivan Leo confirmed the launch of Gemini 4 Hydrogen, saying it is almost 2.5x faster than Gemini 3.8 Flash and has become his daily driver. Full interview is now available.
Related event: Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, 2.5x faster than 3.8 Flash(73 posts)→
More from Models
- Claude Opus 5.5 misspeaks and self-corrects mid-sentence in voice chat, spooking developer — RileyRalmuto · 2026-11-14
- DeepSeek's website code hints at quota limits and an API plan — teortaxesTex · 2026-11-14
- Reddit user tests MiniMax H3's physics understanding with impressive results — BittiAI · 2026-11-14
- Dev gripes that reasoning models are painfully slow, asks for one-shot era back — rickasaurus · 2026-11-14
- evilsocket hails DeepSeek v4.1-flash-1017 with ARTEX as mind-blowing — evilsocket · 2026-11-14
- LLM edits model weights to quantize: Nace quants hit up to 2x better KL divergence — m4rkGS · 2026-11-14