Google launches Gemini 3 Flash
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Google is bringing Opal, its experimental tool for building AI-powered mini apps directly to Gemini on the web.
Keep your hands on the wheel while chatting with Gemini about your route and destination -- or have it handle your to-do list.
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.
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
Gemini works great as a standalone AI chatbot, and its bundled cloud storage and deep integrations with nearly every Google app make it a superb value.