Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-Image-1.5, Skills vs MCPs, and Our 2025 Model Reviews - EP99.29
Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-Image-1.5, Skills vs MCPs, and Our 2025 Model Reviews - EP99.29  
Podcast: This Day in AI Podcast
Published On: Tue Dec 23 2025
Description: The Gift of Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai---2025 Model Timeline: https://simulationtheory.ai/5fd0e964-4c41-4f9a-bbb3-2a398d8500f0It's the long-anticipated holiday special... except Mike and Kris forgot to prepare so it's just a normal episode. 🎅 This week: Gemini 3 Flash drops and it's actually incredible - cheap, fast, and weirdly smarter than Gemini 3 Pro at tool calling. We put GPT Image 1.5 head-to-head against Nano Banana Pro using hobo photos (spoiler: Google wins again). Plus, FireCrawl Agent is the research tool we've been waiting for, Anthropic launches Skills as an open standard, and we do a full 2025 model timeline recap. Also featuring: Best and Worst Model of the Year awards, 2026 predictions where Mike bets on OpenAI (controversial), and the full holiday musical outro where AI sings about what an "average" year it's been.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro - Holiday Special That Isn't00:55 Shipping Gemini 3 Flash While Looking Like a "Sophisticated Programming Hobo"02:52 Gemini 3 Flash Review: Cheap, Fast, Surprisingly Smart06:31 The Unreliable Frontier Model Problem10:45 GPT Image 1.5 vs Nano Banana Pro Showdown17:04 FireCrawl Agent: Research That Actually Works25:56 Gemini Deep Research Agent Deep Dive31:57 Skills vs MCPs: The New Paradigm43:35 Enterprise Skills: Codifying Business Procedures49:57 2025 Model Timeline Recap59:53 Best & Worst Model of 2025 Awards1:04:58 2026 Predictions: Mike Bets on OpenAI1:14:09 Final Thoughts & Holiday Thank Yous1:19:35 🎄 Holiday Musical: "A Very Average Christmas"Have a great Christmas/Holiday/New Year, see you in 2026! xox