{"slug": "google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of", "title": "Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost", "summary": "Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new audio models for developers that top the Artificial Analysis speech-to-speech leaderboard. Google priced Gemini 3.8 Live at $1.38 per hour of voice conversation, undercutting OpenAI's GPT-Live-1, which is expected to sound more natural due to full duplex.", "body_md": "Google Deepmind released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new audio models for developers that top the Artificial Analysis speech-to-speech leaderboard. At $1.38 per hour of voice conversation, Google significantly undercuts OpenAI's GPT-Live-1, which should still sound more natural thanks to full duplex.\n\nThe article [Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost](https://the-decoder.com/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openais-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openais-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/", "published_at": "2026-09-15 18:23:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 18:50:03.358192+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Google DeepMind", "Gemini 3.8 Live", "Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking", "OpenAI", "GPT-Live-1", "Artificial Analysis"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-launches-gemini-3-8-live-to-take-on-openai-s-gpt-live-1-at-a-fraction-of.jsonld"}}