The chief executive has a front-row seat to how AI will shake up the world; last month, Google rolled out its latest model, Gemini 3, and received critical appraise. The innovation-seen as an improvement from Gemini 2.5 released around eight months ago- ignited optimism among investors and analysts, who heralded the chatbot as their "favorite model generally available today." As the technology continues to advance, Pichai emphasized it'll create new opportunities, while also admitting some roles will be phased out.
This happened the moment the company started rolling out its new Gemini 3 AI model inside of Google Search. Google calls the integration an upgrade. But it's really the beginning of the end of the search engine as we've known it for the past twenty-five years. And here's the thing... Google didn't choose to make this change. Our changing search habits forced it to happen.
Powered by Gemini 3, it's effectively an upgrade of the company's popular image generation and editing tool that went viral in a social media trend that turned selfies into hyperrealistic 3D figurines. Google says it lets you create higher quality images that you can print, render legible text onto pictures, and blend multiple images together into a single composition. It's also meant for "people who want to feel like professionals," Naina Raisinghani, a product manager at Google DeepMind, told The Verge.