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AI Models

Google Unveils Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Cyber Model

Google has released three new Gemini models: 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. The 3.6 Flash model offers improved coding and knowledge work with 17% fewer output tokens and lower costs. The 3.5 Flash-Lite is the fastest in the series at 350 tokens per second, designed for high-throughput agentic tasks. The 3.5 Flash Cyber model, available only to governments and trusted partners via CodeMender, focuses on finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Google also noted that Gemini 3.5 Pro is being tested with partners and that pre-training for Gemini 4 has begun.

Jul 215 minNeura News
AI Models

Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0 renders infographics and tiny text in one pass

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-3.0, an image generator designed for practical applications like newspaper layouts and complex infographics. The model processes prompts of up to 4,500 tokens and can render legible text as small as ten pixels, mathematical formulas, and twelve languages in a single pass. It is currently available through invite-only API access, with plans to integrate it into first-party apps like Qwen Chat soon.

Jul 214 minNeura News
AI Models

Google Unveils Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Cyber Model

Google DeepMind has introduced three new Gemini models: 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. The 3.6 Flash model offers improved coding and multimodal performance with 17% fewer output tokens and lower cost. The 3.5 Flash-Lite is the fastest in its series at 350 output tokens per second, designed for high-throughput agentic tasks. The 3.5 Flash Cyber, fine-tuned for cybersecurity, will be available exclusively to governments and trusted partners via the CodeMender agent.

Jul 216 minNeura News
Funding

Microsoft and Mistral in Multi-Billion-Dollar AI Infrastructure Deal

Microsoft and Mistral have expanded their strategic partnership with a multi-billion-dollar agreement to build AI infrastructure across Europe. Mistral will deploy thousands of Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs, and Microsoft will use that capacity for its cloud and AI services. Mistral's Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 models are now available in Microsoft Foundry, with Medium 3.5 also in Copilot Studio. The deal targets regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, allowing companies to run Mistral models through Azure Local in the cloud, on-premises, or offline. Microsoft President Brad Smith emphasized Europe's need for powerful AI without sacrificing data control.

Jul 213 minNeura News
Product Launch

Halliday Gen 2 Smart Glasses Improve Display and Focus on Work

Halliday's second-generation smart glasses feature a much-improved display system with waveguides and dual-eye screens, replacing the finicky single-lens design of the original. The Gen 2 glasses are camera-less, designed primarily for work meetings with AI-powered features like Meeting Flow, Thread Tracker, and Decision Confirmation. Priced at $599, preorders start today with a $10 deposit and a $100 discount, with shipping expected in September.

Jul 214 minNeura News
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