Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash as its default AI, promising Pro-level intelligence, faster performance, and broader access across apps.

Keep your hands on the wheel while chatting with Gemini about your route and destination -- or have it handle your to-do list.

OpenAI’s top boss, Sam Altman, has been quite busy of late responding to Google Gemini 3.0 with a “code red” of sorts. And while the latest ChatGPT 5.2 seems to be a worthy rival, questions linger as to whether OpenAI is about to lose its AI lead to the likes of Google and its parent

Google is rolling out a massive upgrade to Chrome on desktop, integrating Gemini AI and native AI Mode tools directly into the browser to deliver smarter search, contextual insights, and automatic threat detection.

The report points to a freebies race in India between OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity as one of the main reasons for the surge in AI chatbot usage here

However, Alphabet has long benefited from a massive level of liquidity and considerable free cash flows. In late 2024, it pledged to spend $75 billion on capital expenditures (capex) in 2025, later raising that to the $91 billion-$93 billion range.