Overview
- Sundar Pichai recalled first seeing ChatGPT and thinking the tech would spread faster than Google expected, in a new interview cited by the Times of India.
- He said reports of a Google “Code Red” and a company scramble set the push that produced Gemini 3, the company’s latest model family.
- Gemini 3 Pro, released in late 2025, has begun outperforming rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic on several industry benchmarks, according to the report.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly sent a “Code Red” memo telling staff the vibes would be rough for a bit as Google regained momentum.
- Pichai described a “full‑stack” strategy that builds the computing backbone, trains the models, and runs them for users, which he said explains Google’s slower public launches.