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Here is Gemini 3, Google's smarter model that raises the challenge to ChatGpt

To break away from OpenAi, the Mountain View giant is aiming at a smarter and more integrated Ai model in its ecosystem, with a strong focus on learning and knowledge

by Luca Tremolada

5' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

5' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

'With Gemini 2.5 we focused on coding and reasoning skills, with the introduction of Gemini 3, Google's smartest model, we want to bring every idea to life'. This is how Google DeepMind's CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu presents the new version of their chatbot, thus re-launching the challenge to OpenAI, which has recently christened ChatGpt 5.1 and offering for the first time perhaps a clearer idea of artificial intelligence than even the competition.

During a restricted event that Il Sole 24 Ore was able to attend, Google's top managers illustrated the qualities of the new model that integrates advanced reasoning and coding capabilities and that will enter Google's applications starting from the consumer app. The idea of Gemini and Google Antigravity the new agent platform is to support the user in his research and knowledge activities. If OpenAI is the most advanced chatbot because it somehow pursues a new idea of co-evolution between man and machine, Gemini 3 seems more like a tool for studying, learning to code, and bringing ideas to the ground. A tool for learning, just as the search engine was born to answer questions with lists of sites.

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What is Google Antigravity ?

This is the name of the new agentic development platform that enables developers to generate agents. Utilising the agentic tools and coding of Gemini 3, Google Antigravity was created to transform AI assistance from a tool in a developer's kit to an active partner. Although the core of Google Antigravity is a familiar AI IDE, its agents have been elevated to a dedicated space and given direct access to the editor, terminal and browser. Now, agents can independently plan and execute complex, end-to-end software tasks simultaneously on your behalf, validating the code.

In addition to Gemini 3 Pro, Google Antigravity is also closely integrated with the latest Gemini Computer Use model for browser control and our top-rated image editing model, Nano Banana (based on Image 2.5).

What changes.

It is still too early to say. According to the managers, the main novelty of the model is to adapt the answer according to the question by offering not only text and pictures but also interactive visualisations. The most frequently used phrase 'bringing creativity to life'. Apart from marketing, Google claims that it is able to combine all the capabilities of Gemini so that it can bring any idea to life. Its answers are meant to be 'intelligent, concise and direct, trading clichés and flattery for real insight - telling you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear. It acts as a true thinking partner offering you new ways to understand information and express yourself, from translating dense scientific concepts by generating code for high-fidelity visualisations to creative brainstorming'.

Gemini will choose, for example, whether to create an ad hoc programme to better explain what you have asked of it. The examples shown are almost all related to scientific knowledge, to the model's ability to interpret questions with a more proactive vocation. In the demos shown, Gemini 3 was able to 'explain' a scientific paper by offering animations in three dimensions. Gemini 3 is defined as being better at understanding the context and intent behind your query, so that you get what you need with less prompting. As Google's CTO explained, if you ask it to read and summarise what's in your email, it won't just explain how to do it, it will make an agent that can do it.

It is meant to be a tool for learning

So on paper it combines multimodal reasoning to help you learn by combining its reasoning, vision and spatial understanding, leading multilingual performance and 1 million token context window.

For example, "if you want to learn to cook according to family tradition, Gemini 3 can decipher and translate handwritten recipes in several languages into a shareable family recipe book. Or if you want to learn a new subject, you can provide it with academic articles, long lectures or video tutorials and it can generate code for interactive flashcards, visualisations or other formats that will help you master the material. It can even analyse videos of your pickleball games, identify areas where you can improve, and generate a training plan for general form improvement.

"To help you make better sense of information on the web, AI Mode in Search now uses Gemini 3 to enable new generative user interface experiences such as immersive visual layouts and interactive tools and simulations, all generated completely on the fly based on your query."

What do the benchmarks say?

Here too we must trust, the benchmarks are measured by Google. Gemini 3 tops the LMArena ranking with a groundbreaking score of 1501 points. It demonstrates doctoral-level reasoning with the highest scores in Humanity's Last Exam (37.5% without the use of any tools) and GPQA Diamond (91.9%). Also sets a new standard for frontier models in mathematics, achieving a new state-of-the-art 23.4% on MathArena Apex

In addition to text, Gemini 3 Pro redefines multimodal reasoning with scores of 81% on MMMU-Pro and 87.6% on Video-MMMU. It also scores 72.1% on SimpleQA Verified, showing great progress in factual accuracy. This means that Gemini 3 Pro is highly capable of solving complex problems across a wide range of topics such as science and mathematics with a high degree of reliability

The advantage of integration with Google Chrome and Ai Mode

The strong point promises to be the integration with their browser. It will be possible to create agents that can query the web for you. During the presentation, they showed how to generate Flight Tracker in just a few steps, i.e. a tool, usually a website or an app, that tracks the position of aircraft in real time, providing information on route, departure/arrival times and delays. As for the integration with the search engine's conversational mode, it was shown how it will be possible to get visual answers to your questions, such as customisable food programmes.

The Gemini 3 roadmap

Starting today, Gemini 3 will be integrated into all major Mountain View products. This includes Gemini 3 in Search Ai Mode for the first time. Gemini 3 is also expected to arrive in the Gemini app, to developers in AI Studio and Vertex AI, and in the new agent development platform, Google Antigravity. Gemini 3 Pro is also available to everyone today. To use it, simply select 'Thinking' from the model selector. "Our Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers will continue to enjoy higher limits. We are also extending our free year of Google AI Pro to US university students, ensuring they have access to the best of Google AI, including Gemini 3."

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  • Luca Tremolada

    Luca TremoladaGiornalista

    Luogo: Milano via Monte Rosa 91

    Lingue parlate: Inglese, Francese

    Argomenti: Tecnologia, scienza, finanza, startup, dati

    Premi: Premio Gabriele Lanfredini sull’informazione; Premio giornalistico State Street, categoria "Innovation"; DStars 2019, categoria journalism

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