DeepMind Releases Gemini 3, Prompts OpenAI Shakeup

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said Gemini 3's November launch prompted OpenAI to declare a company-wide 'Code Red' in December after ChatGPT lost about 12 million daily visitors, dropping from 203 million to 191 million, per SimilarWeb. He credited Google's pre-training team for competitive gains as Gemini app MAUs rose from 350 million in March to 650 million by October, and said DeepMind is now focused on Gemini 4.