Google I/O 2026: Why the Model Arms Race Ends and the Agent Era Begins
The 2026 I/O keynote shows Google abandoning the race for the strongest model, unveiling the mid‑tier Gemini 3.5 Flash that outperforms its flagship on benchmarks, cuts inference cost dramatically, and launches a suite of agents—including Gemini Spark and Antigravity 2.0—to build an ecosystem that reshapes AI competition.
