Investing.com -- oogle on Tuesday unveiled three new artificial intelligence models, including its most capable Flash model to date and a cybersecurity-focused system, as the tech giant steps up competition with OpenAI and Anthropic in the rapidly evolving AI market.

The announcements come just ahead of Alphabet’s quarterly results, as competition in generative AI intensifies. Chinese developers have also been gaining ground, with Moonshot AI temporarily restricting new Kimi K3 subscriptions and API access after surging demand strained computing capacity. Meanwhile, Alibaba has signaled that its upcoming Qwen 3.8 Max model is expected to rank among the industry’s top-performing AI systems.

The new lineup includes Gemini 3.6 Flash, which Google said delivers stronger performance than its predecessor across tasks such as coding and financial analysis while lowering costs for users. The company also introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a model optimized to identify and patch software security vulnerabilities more efficiently, and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, designed to power lightweight AI agents and autonomous digital assistants.

The releases underscore Google’s growing focus on cybersecurity, an area where rivals OpenAI and Anthropic have recently introduced advanced AI systems capable of detecting software vulnerabilities and assisting security researchers.

Google said the new Flash models are designed to balance performance, speed and cost, aiming to offer developers high-quality AI capabilities without the expense of larger models.

Meanwhile, Google’s flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model remains in testing. The company had previously indicated it would launch in June but said it will be made broadly available once it is ready.