# Gemini 3.8 Live tops voice benchmarks while calling tools mid-chat > Source: > Published: 2026-09-16 11:15:46+00:00 Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Live and an Extended Thinking variant that ranks first on speech-to-speech and voice-agent benchmarks, and it can now call tools without breaking the conversation. Read: Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Live and an Extended Thinking variant that ranks first on speech-to-speech and voice-agent benchmarks, and it can now call tools without breaking the conversation. Read: GPT-5.5 leaves ChatGPT and default Codex on October 14, but stays available through the API Platform and in Codex sessions authenticated with an API key. Read: Strix's autonomous pentesting agent chained a public container registry to a live GitHub admin token on Baseten's production repos, unattended, in under half an hour. Read: A new "Disallow AI Training" toggle lets sites opt out of training use without losing search visibility, alongside an "Accountable" crawler standard shared with Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Read: SemiAnalysis argues local moratoriums are too small relative to planned and under-construction capacity to explain any real slowdown in the US AI datacenter buildout. Read: EvolveScaler tests whether models can track event logs where records get retracted and corrected, and frontier models' accuracy collapses to 11.3 percent on its hardest tier. Read: Anthropic's new beta integration pulls Salesforce accounts, opportunities, and pipeline data into Claude for call prep, deal review, and forecasting.