**Model updates:**

* Released `gemini-1.5-pro-002` and `gemini-1.5-flash-002`, two new stable
versions of Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, for general availability.

* Updated the `gemini-1.5-pro-latest` model code to use `gemini-1.5-pro-002`
and the `gemini-1.5-flash-latest` model code to use `gemini-1.5-flash-002`.

* Released `gemini-1.5-flash-8b-exp-0924` to replace
`gemini-1.5-flash-8b-exp-0827`.

* Released the [civic integrity safety filter](/docs/safety-settings#safety-filters)
for the Gemini API and AI Studio.

* Released support for two new parameters for Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash in
Python and NodeJS:
[`frequencyPenalty`](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content#FIELDS.frequency_penalty)
and
[`presencePenalty`](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content#FIELDS.presence_penalty).