Gemini 3.7 Flash can generate high-quality images (here, pelicans riding bicycles) and the 'minimal' thinking-effort option from 3.6 Flash has been removed in 3.7.

The author had Gemini 3.7 Flash generate pelicans riding bicycles at high, medium, and low thinking efforts, noting that the 'minimal' option from 3.6 Flash has been removed in 3.7 and praising the high-effort result. ✦ AI generated

Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-13 · original ↗

I had Gemini 3.7 Flash draw me some pelicans riding bicycles at high, medium, and low thinking efforts (minimal, which was an option in 3.6 Flash, has been removed in 3.7.) Here's the high level one, which is pretty great:

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