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Gemini Flash 5.6 cuts agent costs 65%
Jul 21, 2026SOURCE: venturebeat.com
SO WHAT
The window is shifting toward cheaper machine cognition, but the gains are accruing where control already sits.
Google says Gemini Flash 5.6 lowers token costs by up to 65% on long-horizon engineering work, with 3.5 Pro next. The wire is tightening: cheaper cognition strengthens the inversion, but mostly inside one vendor's stack.
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