Google Launches Gemini 3.7 Flash with Price Reduction; Microsoft Updates MAI Coding Model and Azure App Service Adds Markdown Support

Google has made its Gemini 3.7 Flash model generally available, offering significant improvements in long-horizon coding tasks at half the price of its predecessor. Concurrently, Microsoft's AI MAI coding model 1.1 is now available in GitHub Copilot, providing lower costs and higher quality. Azure App Service has also introduced automatic conversion of HTML responses to Markdown, enhancing compatibility for AI agents.