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Geminid meteor shower over Kitt Peak Observatory, a nod to the Gemini constellation that gives the model its name.

Artificial Intelligence Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min

Gemini 3.5 Pro: the knowledge cutoff leak pointing to a fresh pretrain

A model on LMArena's battle mode reported a March 2026 knowledge cutoff, and the community believes it is Gemini 3.5 Pro. It is an unconfirmed rumor, but the signals point to a fresh pretrain rather than another RL experiment.

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A pufferfish (Takifugu) swimming, a direct nod to the name of Sakana AI's Fugu system.

Artificial IntelligenceJun 23, 2026 · 3 min

Gemini 3.5 Pro: the knowledge cutoff leak pointing to a fresh pretrain

Sakana Fugu: an interesting orchestrator, but not an LLM (nor cheap)

The War for Elite AI Talent Intensifies

MiniMax M3 (3.0): Promising, but Not My Daily Driver

GLM 5.2: The Daily Driver I Recommend Over $20 Claude or GPT