Hot take: Google Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1, and OpenAI Astra simultaneous cyber model releases and what it means for builders deploying AI in security contexts
Three major AI labs dropped cyber-focused models in the same week. That is not a product roadmap coincidence. That is coordination, or something close enough to it that the distinction barely matters. Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber. Anthropic unveiled Claude Fable 5.1. OpenAI announced Astra, built specifically to find zero-day vulnerabilities on its…