An interesting episode: while I was using Gemini's DeepResearch to analyze changes in frontier model pricing, I actually saw an unreleased model, Gemini-3-Flash, along with its cheap pricing.
I instinctively realized this was nearly a 50% price cut (relative to Gemini-2.5-Flash), but if my memory serves me right, it's clear that this model hasn't been released yet.
Furthermore, no information regarding Gemini-3-Flash pricing could be found in the two source citations listed below.
It's been a long time since I've encountered this kind of "hallucination," and it appeared without a single clue.
Perhaps Google's internal pricing information has already been prepared, and a page was accidentally "exposed" at some point? Or maybe it was once snapshotted by a search engine index? However, a simple search yields no information.
The answer might be known very soon.
Regardless, whether it's a "hallucination" or an "unintentional leak," it's quite interesting. It either means models are still "riddled with holes," or that search advantages will be further amplified in the AI era.
Of course, having done Deep Research, it must be visualized. So here it is—Gemini-3-Flash's "price" has grandly become a key component.
I also asked GPT to do it, but it dropped the ball, knowing "absolutely nothing" about 2025 models, even with my specific prompts.