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Real-time voice agents

Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking voice models

DeepMind released two near-real-time voice models: Gemini 3.8 Live for scale and cost, and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for complex multi-step reasoning. Extended Thinking tops the Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Quality Index (82.6) and leads agentic task benchmarks, rolling out across the Gemini API, AI Studio, Search Live and Gemini Live.

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Italia AI Spotlight

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Free Models

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Free means $0 per token today, not unlimited or unconditional: both platforms rate-limit free use and require a free API key, some OpenRouter free endpoints may train on your prompts unless you opt out in account settings, and the roster changes daily. Verified against each provider's own pricing data at generation time — but pricing changes without notice, so confirm it's still free on the provider's own page before you rely on it.

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