Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Hails Google Gemini 3 as a Major Breakthrough
Google’s Gemini 3 has received exceptional praise from industry leaders, with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff declaring he’s “not going back to ChatGPT” after just two hours with the new model. The third-generation large language model demonstrates significant improvements in speed, reasoning, and multimodal capabilities.
Key Takeaways
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff praises Gemini 3’s performance over ChatGPT
- Google’s model outperforms competitors on industry benchmarks
- Early users report unexpectedly strong results in complex evaluations
- Gemini 3 shows notable improvements in less prominent languages like Gujarati
Industry Leaders Impressed by Performance Leap
Marc Benioff described Gemini 3 as an “extraordinary step forward” in his social media post, highlighting faster performance, sharper reasoning, and enhanced image and video capabilities. He shared a Wall Street Journal report detailing how Google has finally surpassed competitors with this release.
Benchmark Performance Confirms Breakthrough
According to internal testing, Gemini 3 has outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other leading models across standard industry benchmarks. Google employees who tested the model privately for months had already sensed a major breakthrough before the public release.
Tulsee Doshi, Senior Director of Product Management for Gemini, reported significant improvements in handling less prominent languages. “When we tested Gujarati writing capabilities, the results showed noticeable improvement compared to previous models,” she noted.
Early Access Users Validate Performance Gains
Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, reported that his company’s early evaluation of Gemini 3 delivered surprisingly strong results. After testing on large, complex document sets, the cloud content management company found the model scoring “significantly higher than expected.”
“The performance jump was so substantial that our team initially questioned whether we had run our assessments correctly,” Levie revealed.
Google’s Long-Awaited AI Advantage
The successful rollout represents a pivotal moment for Google, which has spent years playing catch-up since ChatGPT’s explosive debut three years ago. Early reactions emphasize Gemini 3’s intelligence, accuracy, and creative range.
The model will also power an updated version of Nano Banana, Google’s image-generation tool that has already contributed to increased Gemini usage this year.
Michael Nathanson, analyst at MoffettNathanson, stated: “Google now appears to be firmly in the lead. They are clear winners in this latest round of AI development.”
Market Position and User Base Comparison
While OpenAI’s ChatGPT maintains the largest user base with approximately 800 million weekly users, Google reports 650 million monthly users for Gemini. Anthropic’s Claude remains a preferred choice for coding-specific tasks, but analysts note that Gemini 3’s broad capability spectrum strengthens Google’s position across diverse use cases.
Strategic Restructuring Behind the Success
Google has spent the past year restructuring its AI operations amid concerns about losing competitive ground. CEO Sundar Pichai and senior leadership have driven greater team coordination and consolidated model development. Co-founder Sergey Brin has returned to an active role, helping guide research and product direction.
(With inputs from WSJ)
