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With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google just shifted its entire AI bet from chatbots to agents. Gemini 3.5 Flash can now build software autonomously.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Google is signaling a strategic pivot away from conversational AI toward agentic AI—positioning autonomous task execution and software generation as the next frontier. This reshapes how enterprises will evaluate and deploy AI models.
The key facts
4 to knowGemini 3.5 Flash launched at Google I/O 2026
Model positioned as most powerful coding and agentic AI yet
Capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch
Strategic shift: agents over chatbots as next AI wave
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Publisher excerpt: Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.