Elon Musk Breaks Silence On Google's New Gemini 3 AI, Responds to Sundar Pichai

Google just detonated a major AI moment with the launch Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model yet, and the tech world lit up when none other than Elon Musk chimed in. His one-word reply to Sundar Pichai trended across social media, sparking debate over whether it was respect, sarcasm or a subtle shot in the AI arms race.

Gemini 3's Impressive Features

The biggest talk of the tech town is Google's latest push into artificial intelligence with Gemini 3, a model that the company describes as its most intelligent one yet. It was released as part of Google's vision to integrate deep reasoning and agentic capabilities, Gemini 3 brings together powerful advances in multimodal understanding.

One of the biggest upgrades in Gemini 3 is its ability to grasp nuance and complexity in user queries. Moreover, unlike earlier models, it can analyze and interpret not just text, but context, intent, and layered meaning, in turn helping deliver responses that feel more thoughtful and precise.

Furthermore, beyond just text, Gemini 3 also powers a more dynamic user interface in Google Search's AI Mode. When you ask a complicated question, instead of giving a simple text answer, the model can generate rich, interactive layouts like tables, charts, simulations, even custom tools directly suited to your query.

Another big strength of Gemini 3 is its 'agentic' coding ability. Google has built an environment where the AI doesn't just answer questions but it can also act more like an assistant, writing code, building simulations, and executing tasks in real time. This makes Gemini 3 especially useful for developers who need both intelligence and agency from their AI tools.

Finally, Gemini 3's multimodal capacity extends into how it reasons about images, text, and potentially more in the future. This opens up new possibilities for AI integration across Google's ecosystem, from Search to Workspace to creative tools.

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Elon Musk's Reaction Amidst the AI Race

Shortly after Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted 'Geminiii', which is a stylised way to highlight the 3 in Gemini 3, Elon Musk responded with just one word, 'Congrats.' The simplicity of the reply may seem mysterious, but in the super competitive world of AI, even a brief nod carries weight and it has gone viral.

Musk's acknowledgement is intriguing for many reasons. On one hand, it could suggest genuine respect for Google's achievement given the scale and idea behind Gemini 3. On the other, Musk's minimalism could also be interpreted as sarcasm while showing competitive restraint—a way to be cordial publicly while continuing to push forward with his own ambitions through xAI, the company behind his Grok chatbots.

This viral exchange also sits against a bigger area of rivalry in the AI space. Google has been aggressively integrating AI into its core products, and Gemini 3 marks a major leap. By embedding Gemini 3 directly into Search, Google moves toward making its AI foundational, rather than an optional add on.

Musk's tension with Google is not new. He has previously criticised earlier versions of Google search for perceived bias and even accused Google's AI of being 'anti-civilisational' as he reportedly said, 'The woke mind virus is killing Western Civilization. Google does the same thing with their search results. Facebook & Instagram too. And Wikipedia.'

His one-word 'Congrats' may not mean a truce, but it does show just how much respect Google's AI progress now commands, even from its fiercest rivals.