Google unveils Gemini 3, with upgrades

After several years of criticism that it was lagging behind in artificial intelligence, Google is turning up its competition with smaller startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

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On Tuesday, Google released a new AI model, Gemini 3, that improves on its predecessor's ability to create software programs, organise email and help businesses analyse documents. It can also mix graphics and text together when responding to requests involving travel itineraries, history or art.

Google said the model, one of a handful of big AI projects competing for industry leadership, would be available in its Gemini app and could be used to fulfil Google Search queries in AI Mode, a conversational search feature it introduced this year.

The impending release of Google’s newest model stoked anxiety inside the companies that jump-started the AI arms race. At OpenAI and Anthropic, two of Google's closest AI rivals, workers have speculated that it could be bad for their businesses if Google's models outperform theirs in tasks such as autonomous coding or image generation, two people with knowledge of the discussions said.