Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash follows Anthropic and OpenAI in making newer AI models significantly pricier

In three linesGemini 3.5 Flash costs 5.5x more than its predecessor in benchmark testing. On agent tasks, total costs exceed Gemini 3.1 Pro by 75% due to more interaction steps required. Google follows industry trend: AI models are becoming significantly pricier across Anthropic and OpenAI as well.

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