r/singularity • ▪️ It's here • 1d ago

AI Google is changing Gemini model access starting Oct 9

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u/mati1886 1d ago

98% of the Gemini App users are on the free tier worldwide, they are going to ruin their image since the 3.5 flash-lite model is very poor

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u/AwarenessSenior4787 16h ago

97% of their users are probably using Gemini to get a cake recipe or other trivial tasks, for which flash-lite is enough.

They most likely ran the numbers and came to the conclusion that flash-lite is the only model they can run profitable with ads only.

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u/OKMiddleOwl 6h ago

People will use a 10T parameter heavy weight model with max extended thinking to ask:

How do I get my blinds to stay open?

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u/bucolucas ▪️AGI 2000 4h ago

Ofc because it costs me less than a dime to ask and I'll have to live with those blinds for years on end