Sam Altman’s OpenAI had no rival in artificial intelligence since the arrival of ChatGPT in 2022. The situation is very different just three years later, Google has hit the table with the launch of Gemini 3.
Those from Mountain View even They dream of achieving general artificial intelligence soon with their Google DeepMind divisionalthough for the moment they are focused on defeating ChatGPT. The strategy with Gemini 3 seems to be working.
The great AI gurus of Silicon Valley have surrendered to Gemini 3. Google’s chatbot convinces Elon Musk, Sam Altman himself confesses that it is a threat, it is even the favorite of Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.
Silicon Valley does not want to return to ChatGPT
The arrival of Gemini 3 has been an almost unexpected success for the Mountain View-based company, convincing Silicon Valley gurus in its first days on the market. Marc Benioff has even stated that he did not want to return to ChatGPT.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, confirms that it has not been easy to get to that point. «I think some people need to sleep well,» he explains during the launch, his engineers have worked tirelessly to beat OpenAI.
The company has managed to take a radical turn in the AI race in record time. The market was dominated by Sam Altman’s company and Google seemed to have no clear direction in artificial intelligence just two years agobut the launch of Gemini 3 has changed everything.
«After using Gemini 3, I feel like the world has changed. The progress was so incredible: reasoning, speed, images, videos… everything is sharper and faster. I feel like the world has changed again,» says the Salesforce CEO in a post on his X account.
Google becomes OpenAI’s biggest rival
The arrival of DeepSeek posed a brief threat to ChatGPT, but it ended up being a false alarm. Altman’s company also eliminated Microsoft, one of its main rivals, with an alliance. Google is the only strong opponent in the AI race.
Those from Mountain View have been at some distance in recent years after the Bard’s launch failure in 2023, but Gemini 3 has changed everything. Google may approach OpenAI for the first time.
The technological magnates of Silicon Valley were betting on ChatGPT, Benioff himself claimed that he used it daily, now he intends to make the leap to Gemini 3. Andrej Karpathy, member of the founding team of OpenAI and former AI director at Tesla, has also tried this Google technology.
Karpathy confesses that Gemini 3 has surprised him, this AI has the potential to «become a tool for daily use.» Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, says it’s «pretty cool» after using the chatbot to generate an interactive website.