Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI Unveil Cyber AI Models, Safeguards, and Access Programs

Google on Wednesday announced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, which it described as its most capable cybersecurity model, and has made it available to a set of trusted defenders via a new initiative called the Fairwind Program.

"The Fairwind Program gives high-priority defenders (like governments, healthcare providers, and telecommunications services) early access to advanced models that help them build better defenses, before new threats arrive," Google said. "So defenders have an early advantage, to help them protect vital infrastructure – which in turn protects people who rely on those systems."

The tech giant said it's currently working with over 650 partners globally, including CrowdStrike, Datadog, Menlo Security, Palo Alto Networks, and Snowflake. The program is available to a group of Google Cloud customers, government agencies, and cybersecurity partners.

The release of Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber comes a little over a month after Google unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The latest model improves upon its predecessor by demonstrating frontier-level performance in autonomous vulnerability discovery, even surpassing larger frontier models from rivals Anthropic (Mythos 5) and OpenAI (GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.5-Cyber).