The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that after years of criticism that it was lagging behind in artificial intelligence, Alphabet's Google is turning up its competition with smaller start-ups such as OpenAI and Anthropic. A New York Times dispatch to The Globe reports that on Tuesday, Google released a new AI model, Gemini 3, that improves on its predecessor's ability to create software programs, organize e-mail and help analyze documents. Google's new model mixes graphics and text for travel, history or art requests. It will be available in the Gemini app and enhance Google search queries in the conversational AI Mode introduced this year. The upcoming release of Google's new model has heightened anxiety at OpenAI and Anthropic, as employees worry that superior performance in tasks like coding or image generation could harm their businesses. JonesTrading analyst Mike O'Rourke says, "We're in a situation where -- because of Google's size and space, and their first-mover advantage in search -- Gemini could take market share and cause OpenAI and others to fall behind." He says such a turn toward Gemini could ripple through the market, raising questions for companies such as Oracle and Microsoft.