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What changedBloomberg’s fuller account says Google had planned to release Gemini 3.5 Pro in June after announcing it in May, but later abandoned the model, according to people familiar with the matter. The report gives no public explanation for that decision.
The same account adds that Gemini 4’s coding performance is uneven and that one person familiar with its development described it as a very large model, which could make it expensive to run. A person also told Bloomberg that the model is weak at front-end design. These are attributed internal assessments, not a published evaluation.
Google disputes the claim that Gemini 4 is underperforming in coding. Bloomberg also reports differing views inside the company: some employees believe the model is at the frontier, while others expect it to lag leading rivals in some areas.
Sources and evidence- Google Grapples With Employee Skepticism About New Gemini Model – Yahoo Finance UK: Bloomberg reports that Google abandoned its planned Gemini 3.5 Pro release and that some employees have concerns about Gemini 4’s coding, front-end design and size, while other employees and Google contest the negative assessment.
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