The final quarter of 2025 has arrived with a seismic shift in the artificial intelligence landscape, as the industry moves from "chatting" to "doing." These headlines are dominated by the head-to-head release of Google’s Gemini 3 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.1, signaling a new era of agentic AI that can autonomously make purchases, manage group chats, and navigate third-party apps via a new directory system.
While Google pushes toward a unified ecosystem—teasing the Android-based Aluminium OS for PCs and integrating deep "agentic" workflows into Workspace—the company is also facing user backlash for moving beloved smart home features like "Continued Conversations" behind a premium paywall. Meanwhile, the hardware barrier is falling elsewhere; Gemini’s real-time translation is now compatible with any pair of headphones, and Mozilla is carving out a niche for public-interest AI. Despite the fierce battle for consumer dominance between Google and OpenAI, recent data suggests Anthropic is quietly capturing the enterprise market, proving that the race for AI supremacy is no longer a winner-take-all game, but a complex web of specialized tools, open-source registries, and personalized "Daily News" podcasts.
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Google Gemini 3, GPT-5.1, Artificial Intelligence, Aluminium OS, AI Agents, Google Workspace, OpenAI, Anthropic, Agentregistry, Live Translation, Smart Home, Mozilla AI strategy, Android 16, Enterprise AI
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If you've ever found searching through your folders on Google Drive to be a chore, the company has good news. There's a catch, however — and naturally it involves your wallet. Google revealed its list of upcoming changes to Drive this week. Most revolve around further integrating Gemini, the company's AI tool. Gemini will now preview what's inside a...
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Google just made whatever pair of headphones you own a bit more useful.As part of a broader expansion of Google Translate, the company is rolling out a beta for live language translation using headphones, Google announced in a blog post. Google says the feature supports more than 70 languages and, most importantly, works with "any pair of headphones,"...
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Users who have switched from Google Assistant to Gemini have a lost a pretty important feature on smart home devices, and they aren't happy about it. As detailed in this Reddit thread, if you're using Gemini on a smart home device such as a smart speaker or display, Continued Conversations no longer work — unless you upgrade to Gemini Home Premium....
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