Salesforce's Marc Benioff says Google's Gemini 3 just blew past ChatGPT: 'I'm not going back'

The competition in artificial intelligence is reaching new heights as industry leaders rally around Google's latest innovation, Gemini 3. Salesforce's CEO, Marc Benioff, has made headlines by announcing his decision to switch from OpenAI's ChatGPT to Gemini 3, which he describes as an extraordinary advancement in reasoning, speed, and multimodal capabilities. In an enthusiastic post on X, Benioff expressed his excitement, stating, "I’ve used ChatGPT every day for 3 years. Just spent 2 hours on Gemini 3. I’m not going back. The leap is insane — reasoning, speed, images, video… everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world just changed, again." His statement quickly went viral, amassing over one million views by Monday morning. Benioff's remarks join a chorus of positive feedback from various executives regarding Google's new AI model. Notably, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, acknowledged the launch of Gemini 3 with a congratulatory message, calling it a "great model." Former Tesla AI director, Andrej Karpathy, also shared his initial impressions, labeling Gemini 3 as a "very solid daily driver" with strong capabilities. Stripe CEO Patrick Collison chimed in as well, highlighting Gemini 3's ability to create an interactive webpage that summarizes significant breakthroughs in genetics, which he found impressive. Last week, Google and its DeepMind division introduced Gemini 3, describing it as their most advanced model, adept at generating and comprehending text, images, videos, and code, all while seamlessly integrating with Google’s ecosystem. Benioff's shift in preference is notable, especially considering Salesforce's established partnerships within the AI sector, including ties with OpenAI and Anthropic. This shift illustrates the rapid evolution of preferences among technology leaders as AI models become increasingly sophisticated. Gemini 3's launch comes at a time when competition is intensifying, particularly with OpenAI's upcoming ChatGPT 4.5 Turbo and 5, along with Anthropic's Claude 3.5, all pushing the limits in reasoning and tool utilization.