In November, Google introduced Gemini 3 Pro in preview, with Gemini 3 Flash following a month later. Google today announced Gemini 3.1 Pro “for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough.” This .1 increment is a first for Google, with the past two generations seeing .5 as the mid-year model update. (2.5 Pro was first […]

Tech advocates and analysts once imagined a world in which talent, capital, and ideas would flow freely between China and California. The blocked acquisition of Chinese artificial intelligence firm Manus by U.S. giant Meta is another moment when the fantasy of seamless globalization smashes into the hard wall of national security politics. On April 27, […]

its latest LLM: Gemini 3. The model is long-awaited and has been widely discussed before its release. In this article, I’ll cover my first experience with the model and how it differs from other frontier LLMs. The goal of the article is to share my first impressions when using Gemini 3, highlighting what works well […]

As debate continues over AI’s true impact on the labor force, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said some companies are engaging in “AI washing” when it comes to layoffs, or falsely attributing workforce reductions to the technology’s impact. “I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but there’s some AI washing where people are blaming AI […]

Beijing’s decision last Monday to block Meta’s US$2 billion acquisition of the Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus came as little surprise. The central government had already flagged its investigation and barred the company’s two founders from leaving the country. At first glance, the intervention appears disruptive to Chinese firms seeking foreign capital and US companies eyeing […]