Powered by the Gemini 3 Flash model, the new agent in Opal enables autonomous workflows that plan, reason, and execute on the user's behalf. Now, instead of manually picking a model, developers can select an agent in the generate step. The agent then triggers the right tools and models, such as Web Search for research or Veo for video, needed to accomplish the user's intended mission.
Big AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic like to talk about their bold quest for AGI, or artificial general intelligence. The definition of that grail has proved to be somewhat flexible, but in general it refers to AI systems that are as smart as human beings at a wide array of tasks. AI companies have used this "quest" narrative to win investment, fascinate the tech press, and charm policymakers.
Gemini 3 Flash, "latest model with frontier intelligence built for speed," "brings the incredible reasoning of our Gemini 3 model at the speed you expect of Search," Google wrote. Google added: Gemini 3 Flash's strong performance in reasoning, tool use and multimodal capabilities enable AI Mode to tackle your most complicated questions with greater precision - without compromising speed. With this upgrade, AI Mode becomes an all-around more powerful tool.
