SMRTR ProgrammingSep 25, 2025Hacker News

Improved Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite

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Google released updated versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite AI models that deliver better performance while significantly reducing costs, with Flash-Lite cutting output tokens by 50% and Flash reducing them by 24%. The improved Flash-Lite offers better instruction following and less verbose responses, while the updated Flash excels at using tools for complex multi-step tasks, achieving a 54% score on developer benchmarks.

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