Google has officially launched Gemini 3 Flash, a faster and more cost efficient version of its Gemini 3 large language model, and is making it the default AI model across the Gemini app and Google Search’s AI Mode worldwide.  Built on the same foundation as Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash is designed to deliver strong reasoning and multimodal performance while prioritizing speed, lower latency, and affordability. The release comes six months after Gemini 2.5 Flash and reflects

Google and OpenAI escalated their rivalry at the forefront of artificial intelligence on the same day, with Google unveiling its most advanced AI research agent yet just as OpenAI released GPT 5.2, codenamed Garlic.  Google’s announcement centered on a major upgrade to Gemini Deep Research, which it described as a reimagined agent capable of long form reasoning, complex analysis, and enterprise grade investigation rather than simply generating research reports. The closely t

OpenAI appears poised to accelerate the release of its next major ChatGPT model as the competition in generative AI tightens.  According to reporting cited by multiple outlets, OpenAI plans to unveil GPT 5.2 this week, earlier than its original late December target, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” internally in response to Google’s Gemini 3 launch last month (TechBuzz). While OpenAI has not publicly confirmed unreleased product timelines, the company ty

OpenAI is reportedly working on a new large language model codenamed “Garlic,” a move that signals just how quickly the competitive balance in AI can shift.  According to reporting based on The Information, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told colleagues the model has been testing strongly inside the company, especially on coding and reasoning tasks, where it was described as performing well against Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s Opus 4.5. (Bakolia; “OpenAI De