# 🚨 Gemini 3.8 Flash just appeared on Arena again

*Published on: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:50:51 GMT*

🚨 Gemini 3.8 Flash just appeared on Arena again

Looks like Google is testing a fresh checkpoint under that name.

My bet: either Gemini 3.9 Flash or an early Gemini 4.0 Pro checkpoint.

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