Google Launches Gemini 3 in Escalating AI Arms Race with OpenAI
Google has unveiled Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model yet, in a direct challenge to OpenAI's ChatGPT dominance. The new iteration promises reduced friction in human-AI interaction through improved contextual understanding, rolling out initially to premium users before wider deployment. This marks Google's third major AI release in under two years, with Gemini 2.5 having launched just eight months prior.
The timing is strategic. OpenAI recently pushed GPT-5 upgrades emphasizing warmer tone and better instruction-following, while ChatGPT reportedly reaches 700 million weekly users. Google counters with massive distribution channels - 650 million monthly Gemini app users and 2 billion AI Overview engagements. "AI has evolved from reading text to reading the room," observed Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, highlighting the technology's rapid maturation.
