🤔Is Gemini 3 the best LLM out there today?
Plus: Federal Government Wants Total AI Control
Regulation here, regulation there, regulation in reverse, regulation everywhere. Both the EU and the U.S. are locked in major AI policy battles. Europe is moving to loosen parts of its strict GDPR and AI Act to boost innovation, while the U.S. federal government is pushing for total control, even threatening to sue states that don’t follow federal AI rules. The political drama is just getting started.
Meanwhile, Google is shipping Gemini 3 and innovating at breakneck speed, and that’s without fully tapping into the massive user data advantage it sits on. Imagine what happens when they finally do. Let’s dive in. Stay curious.
Is Gemini 3 the best LLM out there today?
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Is Gemini 3 the best LLM out there today?
Google launched Gemini 3, its most advanced AI yet, combining state-of-the-art reasoning, multimodal intelligence, and powerful agentic capabilities. Adoption of the Gemini ecosystem has surged to 650M monthly app users, 2B AI Overview users, 13M developers, and 70% of Cloud customers now use its models.
Gemini 3 Pro tops global benchmarks with 1501 Elo on LMArena, 91.9% on GPQA Diamond, strong multimodal scores like 87.6% on Video-MMMU, and a 1M-token context window. The new Deep Think mode pushes reasoning even further, achieving 93.8% on GPQA and 45.1% on ARC-AGI-2. Gemini 3 helps users learn, build, and plan by analyzing long papers, videos, recipes, or sports footage, while powering new interactive visuals in Search. For builders, it leads in coding benchmarks, integrates with tools like Cursor and Replit, and unlocks Google’s new agent-first platform, Antigravity, which can autonomously plan and execute complex software tasks. Gemini 3 also improves long-horizon planning for real-life workflows like booking services or organizing email. It’s Google’s most rigorously tested and secure model to date and is rolling out now across the Gemini app, Search, Vertex AI, and AI Studio.
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Europe to loosen up its AI regulations
Europe is rolling back parts of the GDPR and the AI Act after years of leading the world in strict tech regulation. Under pressure from Big Tech, the U.S. government, and internal economic concerns, the European Commission is proposing major changes that make it easier for companies to share anonymized data and even use personal data to train AI models under certain conditions. High-risk AI rules from the 2024 AI Act will also be delayed until proper “standards and tools” are available, effectively pushing enforcement back.
The overhaul also targets Europe’s most hated feature: cookie pop-ups. Many “non-risk” cookies would no longer trigger banners, and browser-level controls would replace constant consent windows. Additional changes include simplified AI documentation for small companies, unified cybersecurity reporting, and centralized AI oversight.
Critics say Brussels is “bowing to Big Tech,” warning the move weakens fundamental safeguards. Supporters argue Europe must cut red tape to revive growth and stay competitive as it trails the U.S. and China in AI. The proposal now heads to Parliament, where months of political fighting are expected.
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Federal Government Wants Total AI Control
Trump is preparing an executive order that would strip states of the power to regulate AI and give the federal government full control. A leaked draft shows the creation of a DOJ-led “AI Litigation Task Force” designed to sue states whose AI laws slow industry growth, targeting California’s safety rules and Colorado’s anti-bias laws. The order directs agencies like the FCC, Commerce, and FTC to find ways to override state regulations within 90 days, including threatening states with the loss of federal broadband funds.
Trump frames the move as a fight against “woke AI” and says companies shouldn’t face 50 different standards. Critics warn the plan could spark major legal battles, but even the threat of federal lawsuits could chill state-level AI protections. The executive order acts as a fallback if Congress fails to pass a nationwide moratorium on state AI laws through the upcoming NDAA.
The 1501 Elo score on LMArena is genuinly impressive, but I'm curious how much of that performace comes from the Deep Think mode versus the standard Gemini 3. The fact that Google has 650M users but isn't fully tapping into their data advantage yet is probably the bigger story here.