Microsoft AI CEO admits Gemini 'can do things that Copilot can’t do'

• Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman admitted Gemini 3 can outperform Copilot in certain areas
• Suleyman pointed to long-term ambitions for Copilot
• He wants people to treat Copilot like an ever-present personal assistant

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has done something almost unheard of in the ongoing game of AI model one-upmanship and admitted that a rival model is more capable.

"[Gemini 3] can do things that Copilot can’t do," Suleyman told Bloomberg in an interview. He hastened to add that "Copilot also has features that it doesn’t have," but it was a notable acknowledgement from an AI leader that other models can be ahead in at least some respects.

Gemini 3 has been billed by Google as its most powerful multimodal model to date. Suleyman seemed fine with giving Gemini 3 all due respect, even as he quickly pivoted to highlight Copilot as more grounded ...