Google's upcoming AI project will take over tasks in Chrome for you

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Google is reportedly working on a new AI that will perform day-to-day tasks in Chrome. The technology is called Project Jarvis, and it could be unveiled before the end of the year.

Did you know? Google Chrome may send AI search history to Google.

Google's Project Jarvis AI can perform various tasks for you

The news comes via The Information (paywalled). An article by 9to5Google explains more about the upcoming AI, which is powered by Gemini. Project Jarvis' name seems to have been inspired by Marvel's Iron Man's AI-assistant J.A.R.V.I.S (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System). The AI is designed to assist users perform various tasks such as conducting research, purchasing products or booking flight tickets.



Google first unveiled its plans for AI Agents in April 2024, at the Google Cloud Next 24 event. The Mountain View demoed a couple of prototype AI agents at the Google I/O 2024 Developer Conference in May, these were designed. You can watch the video here (it's around the 18-minute mark). Let's discuss this briefly.

 

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, described Agents as intelligent systems that can reason, plan, and use memory to think. In fact, the Agents can plan multiple steps ahead to assist the user. The AI is designed to work across software systems and systems, it likely refers to operating systems and devices.

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