Gemini 3 Flash - Your Daily Workhorse Upgraded

In this podcast, Sam Witteveen discusses the release of Gemini 3 Flash, highlighting its improvements over its predecessor and its competitive performance against Gemini 3 Pro in certain benchmarks. He emphasizes its token efficiency, making it a cost-effective option for app development and daily tasks. Sam details key features like reasoning, tool use, and multimodal capabilities, particularly in structured data extraction from images and PDFs. He also provides practical examples using AI Studio and Colab, demonstrating its effectiveness in tasks such as meeting note analysis, recipe extraction from images, and resume parsing, noting its potential as a workhorse model for various data processing needs.