HUGE Gemini 2.5 FLASH update you won’t LIKE!
AI Summary
The video discusses Google’s latest release in the Gemini model family: Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash, along with Gemini 2.5 Flash Light now in preview mode. The core topic is the change in Google’s pricing model for these language models. Unlike before, Google has unified pricing into a single standard rate instead of having separate ‘thinking’ and ‘non-thinking’ prices. This has caused a significant price increase, especially for the 2.5 Flash model. Input token prices have doubled from 0.30 per million tokens, and output token prices have jumped notably—for example, non-thinking output cost increased from 2.50 per million tokens. The video highlights the impact of this pricing change, especially as the 2.5 Flash model was popular for its cost-speed tradeoff. Now with higher costs and increasing competition, Google’s position may be challenged outside its cloud ecosystem. The presenter invites viewers to share their thoughts on the price hike at a time when many expect AI model prices to be falling, noting this move reflects companies paying attention to profitability in LLM offerings.