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Latest from X - 2026-08-13

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Key Points

  • Google DeepMind: Their new model outperforms 3.6 Flash on key coding tasks such as debugging, designs more functional web layouts with fewer prompts, and improves reasoning and accuracy for real‑world business workflows.
  • Google AI: Announces Gemini 3.7 Flash as their most intelligent coding and agent workhorse, now powering Gemini Spark in the Gemini app to help users tackle long to‑do lists.
  • Google AI Developers: Shows Gemini 3.7 Flash in Antigravity turning a single architecture spec into native, production‑ready code for Flutter, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, React Native and NativeScript.
  • DeepSeek: Launches DeepSeek‑V4‑Pro with major agent upgrades, flexible reasoning effort for simple to complex tasks, and native OpenAI‑compatible API support; also rolls out new API pricing with off‑peak rates 50 % lower than peak starting Aug 16, 2026.

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Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind)

🔵 It shows strong gains over 3.6 Flash in key coding tasks like debugging and issue resolution. 🔵 It’s better at designing more functional web layouts and apps using fewer prompts. 🔵 It delivers improved reasoning and accuracy when completing real-world business workflows. https://t.co/z5FYgew91P

Google AI (@GoogleAI)

Our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents has arrived ⚡ Meet Gemini 3.7 Flash.

— Crush that seemingly endless to-do list. Gemini Spark in the @geminiapp now uses 3.7 Flash. The new model can equip your personal AI agent to work even smarter for you by https://t.co/hgM1xWiyvI

Google AI Developers (@googleaidevs)

One spec. Five native apps. Zero boilerplate.

Watch how Gemini 3.7 Flash in @antigravity takes a single architecture specification and generates native, production-ready code across 5 mobile frameworks: Flutter, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, React Native, and NativeScript. https://t.co/1nHKmuSMdW

DeepSeek (@deepseek_ai)

We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today! 🚀

🔷 Major Agent upgrades with strong production gains! 🔷 Flexible reasoning effort for V4-Pro & V4-Flash: low for simple tasks, high for daily Agent workflows, max for complex tasks. 🔷 Native OpenAI Responses API support, optimized for https://t.co/ZsGbUpiu1T

API pricing update 💰

With the V4 lineup release, we’re updating our API pricing and introducing peak and off-peak rates. Off-peak rates are 50% lower than peak, enabling more flexible workload scheduling. 📉

New pricing takes effect at 16:00 UTC, Aug 16, 2026 🕒 https://t.co/l5CFrMB5Ev

Sources

  1. https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/2087948368957894859
  2. https://x.com/GoogleAI/status/2087949042961514983
  3. https://x.com/googleaidevs/status/2087976604471267592
  4. https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/2087864585504305397
  5. https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/2087864589895798968