Neolab Eiso Kant's Laguna S 2.1 has been released, offering competitive performance to Thinking Machines at a lower cost and smaller size, with comparable efficiency to Chinese model equivalents. The new model has been touted as cheaper than Deepseek v4 Flash and better than v4 Pro. AI summary
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Google introduces Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, which deliver higher token efficiency, lower latency, and more reliable performance for building AI agents at scale, with the 3.6 Flash model reducing output token usage by 17% and achieving up to 65% performance gains in certain benchmarks. The 3.5 Flash-Lite model is the fastest and most cost-effective 3.5-class model, delivering 350 output tokens per second, while the 3.5 Flash Cyber is a specialized cyber-focused model paired with a code security agent for competitive performance. AI summary