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Models2026-08-27 · source-backed
Launched August 26, supporting more than 85 languages with accents and dialects, word-level timestamps, diarization for up to three speakers (more is experimental), custom vocabulary and jargon recognition, and automatic removal of filler words and self-corrections. Google cites Artificial Analysis measurements of 4% average WER for streaming and 2.6% non-streaming, with time to final transcription 70% faster than Chirp 3 (Google). Two entry points: a Live API for sub-second bidirectional streaming, and an Interactions API for recorded meetings and call logs.
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MAI-Transcribe-2 went to public preview September 3 through Azure Speech, first on FLEURS across 60 languages at 5.2% average WER and second on the independent Artificial Analysis leaderboard. Promotional price runs through December 31, 2026; the non-promotional rate is undisc...
OpenRouter is running an exclusive extra 50% on top of Google's own 50% introductory cut, landing Gemini 3.7 Flash at $0.375 per million input and $1.875 per million output. Google's standing Vertex price through end of 2026 is $0.75 and $3.75, doubling to $1.50 and $7.50 on J...
Willison's August 13 release adds Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite plus gemini-embedding-2 and -001, rebuilding on LLM 0.32's structured message and streaming APIs so reasoning, tool calls and results emit as typed stream events while preserving Gemini thought si...
As of August 5, anyone pinned to the alias gets a different model. 82.9% on Artificial Analysis' speech-to-speech benchmark versus 75.7% for 1.0, against GPT-Realtime-2.1 at 79.1% and Gemini 3.1 Flash at 69.5%, with first-audio response down from 1.25s to roughly 0.70s and med...
Google disclosed that the last two Chrome versions, both shipped in June, patched 1,072 bugs versus 1,036 across the prior 23 releases spanning two years. An internally built Gemini-powered harness searches the codebase for vulnerabilities while suppressing false positives; on...
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