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New Gemini and Claude Models

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New Gemini and Claude Models

Choose the model that best fits your question, task and budget faster.

Date: 2026-08-07

Category: Update

AI-Public has three model updates: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Claude Opus 5. This makes it easier to determine which language model to use for a specific task.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: fast and versatile​

Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's quality model for work where both speed and a strong answer matter. It is suitable for research, clear explanations, feedback on texts and tasks involving image input.

Use this model, for example, to interpret information from a document or image, improve a draft for public communication or work through a complex question step by step. The model also supports reasoning and tools. Compared with a lighter Flash variant, it offers more capacity for tasks that require additional care and substantive quality, while remaining a cost-effective choice.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: efficient for everyday tasks​

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the cost-effective Gemini variant. This model is particularly useful for common tasks that need to be completed quickly, such as explaining concepts in plain language, translating, providing initial feedback and handling simple image-based tasks.

Its successor offers a strong balance between speed, useful quality and low costs. This makes Flash-Lite well suited to creating variations of short texts, simplifying internal information or preparing accessible answers for residents and other target audiences.

Claude Opus 5: for the most complex questions​

Claude Opus 5 is the updated version of the most comprehensive Claude model in AI-Public. This model is intended for tasks where high quality and careful reasoning are more important than speed or cost.

Choose Claude Opus 5, for example, for an in-depth analysis of policy documents, developing a complex advisory question, structuring large amounts of information or critically reviewing an important draft text. Compared with the previous Opus version, version 5 is the latest top option within Claude for demanding work of this kind.

Quick guide to choosing​

  • Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for fast, affordable everyday tasks, such as translating, explaining and providing simple feedback.
  • Choose Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want to combine speed with higher quality, image input, tools or reasoning.
  • Choose Claude Opus 5 for complex analyses and tasks where the most carefully considered answer possible is important.

You can switch language models using the model selector next to an answer in the chat. This allows you to decide for each question which balance between speed, quality and cost best suits your needs.

With these updates, AI-Public offers more choice for a wide range of activities in public services, communication and policy.

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