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Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber via CodeMender for vulnerability discovery and patching

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Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a security-focused model built to discover, validate, and patch vulnerabilities faster. The capability is being delivered through CodeMender in a limited-access pilot for governments and trusted partners, narrowing use to frontline defenders. DeepMind positioned the model as a cost-efficient alternative that can be called repeatedly at high speed to scan more code paths. Evaluations showed strong results on Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and the V8 JavaScript Engine, including 55 unique confirmed issues and a 100% reliable remote-code execution exploit that bypassed ASLR and W^X.

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  1. 21.07.2026 18:09 3 articles · 13d ago

    Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber through CodeMender

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    Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a specialized AI model built atop 3.5 Flash for vulnerability discovery, validation, and patching, and made it available only to governments and trusted partners through CodeMender in a limited-access pilot. DeepMind said CodeMender can call the model multiple times at high speed and low cost to scan more code paths, and that evaluations on Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and the V8 JavaScript Engine showed stronger vulnerability discovery than Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6, including 55 unique confirmed issues and a 100% reliable remote-code execution exploit that bypassed ASLR and W^X.

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