AI - Google Pics and Gemini 3.8 Flash

I was not really going to cover Google Pics, as it is not really something that is that relevant or useful to me or the potential audience, but… because it was touted as a Canva “killer” 😉 so I thought it is worth mentioning because I think a lot of content creators or hobbyists in general use or at least have heard of Canva 😊

Also to make it a bit more relevant, Gemini 3.8 Flash is out and it is doing well apparently 😉

Google Pics

Google says:

Boundless AI image generation meets precision editing

Create anything you can imagine with the AI imaging tool built into Google Workspace.

The Workspace integration is definitely the key here I would say.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Official announcement

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

It’s our most intelligent workhorse model, delivering significant improvements from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and critical, multi-step reasoning in specialized domains

Looks like it is decent enough 😊

Useful links

• Google Pics landing page
• Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
• Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
• Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
• Gemini 3.8 Flash API docs