While ChatGPT is currently dominating the AI space, especially following the long-anticipated release of GPT-5, Google could be waiting in the wings to take over with Gemini 3, and some even fear that the 'end is near'.
Much like all new forms of technology, the early stages of artificial intelligence have seen many of the world's biggest companies go head-to-head in order to see who emerges victorious.
AI is broadly seen by many as the biggest tech evolution since the invention of the internet, meaning that whoever gets it 'right' first is likely to dominate the industry for years to come. Just look at how we've seen Google become the de facto search engine.
OpenAI's ChatGPT, having technically got there 'first', has seen the most popularity globally, with records being broken all over the place, but Google's next model version is speculated to be the one that could really change everything.
What does Gemini 3 have to offer?
Everything surrounding Gemini 3 is purely speculation right now as Google has remained tight-lipped on their next big revision, but there have been suggestions that it could overwhelm the recent release of GPT-5 — especially as that was immediately unpopular with a large number of users.
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As shared by Course Unlocked, a side-by-side comparison of GPT-5 and the current speculation surrounding Gemini 3 shows the latter offers far more for its users.
GPT-5 currently offers 256,000 tokens for its context window, whereas some have hinted that Gemini 3 could have several million alongside smarter retrieval too.
Additionally, Gemini 3 is expected to build on the scarily impressive Veo video technology that Google has shown off, adding real-time video, 3-D objects, and geospatial streams, which is far more than ChatGPT's comparatively basic offering of text, image, audio, and video.
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Suggestions outlined by CometAPI also indicate that Gemini 3 will have built-in advanced reasoning tools that improve on Gemini 2.5's 'Deep Think' mode, which could streamline the user experience significantly.
Could Gemini 3 really 'change everything'?
Like most things in the AI and wider tech world, there's a good chance that Gemini 3 won't fully live up to the hype that it's boosted by right now, especially as much of it seems to come from disappointment with GPT-5.
One post titled 'The End is near' on the r/Bard subreddit shows a popular meme format of Mercury in front of the Sun, where the former is minuscule compared to our central star.
In this post, GPT-5 is the tiny representation of Mercury, whereas Gemini 3 is the looming behemoth of the Sun, towering behind and waiting to engulf the tiny planet.
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Effectively, it's implying that Gemini 3 won't just offer an improvement over what people have right now with GPT-5, but it will fundamentally change how people use AI tools for good, and if that's not an unrealistic expectation, then we don't know what is.
"This kind of overhyping of anything is what leads people to be disappointed," one comment reasonably points out. "GPT-5 was overhyped in the same exact way."
That sentiment was echoed by many others, with another user expressing that "this is just the same as the 'Death Star' hype that made GPT-5 a relative flop."
A third user questioned: “Why do people treat these models like sports teams? You don't have to pick a side, just use whatever solves your problem or idea the cheapest."
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One commenter even made their own adaptation of the Mercury/Sun meme, branding the latter giant as their hype for Google's upcoming model, with the tiny Mercury as the reality of what Gemini 3 will be.