- Google is reportedly developing a new agent version of Gemini.
- The new Gemini is called Remy and will act as a 24/7 AI agent across daily life.
- Remy will run digital errands, monitor routines and help use connected apps and services.
Google has plans for its Gemini AI models beyond the chatbot role and into something far more involved, according to one Business Insider report. The company is building an always-on AI agent version of Gemini designed to perform tasks for users themselves across third-party services with minimal user intervention.
The AI agent project is called “Remy,” and internal documents say the goal is to create “a true assistant that can take actions on your behalf” in every part of a user’s life. The point is not to engage in conversation with the AI as with the current Gemini, but to have it do things for you in the background.
Proactive Gemini
The agent will be “Your 24/7 digital partner” able to communicate with others, send documents, make purchases and proactively run errands without waiting for instructions.
There have been hints that this is coming in recent months. Gemini’s Personal Intelligence features let AI come up with answers using content from Gmail and other Google services, including creating AI photos of the user based on what’s been uploaded to Google Photos. Remy appears to translate this information, called “personal context,” into action.
Rather than acting as a simple chat window, Remy’s AI agents offer dedicated sections for ongoing tasks, scheduled actions, and jobs awaiting user input. Completed tasks can be pinned, renamed and reopened later. Ultimately, this would make the AI agents something to constantly engage with, not just when you feel like having a conversation with an AI chatbot.
Convenience of monitoring
If you’re wondering how much information Google’s AI will process to do all this, the warnings attached to the agent are full of language explaining that it’s experimental and can “make mistakes and reveal data unintentionally.” Users are advised not to rely on it for professional tasks.
Users will reportedly be able to manage or delete this information through settings, as well as disable connected apps and certain personalization features. But an AI that can truly organize parts of your life cannot work in isolation. It needs to know where you go, what you search for, who you talk to, what you buy and how you spend your time. For some people, this level of integration will sound useful. For others, it may come uncomfortably close to the idea of outsourcing free will to software.
But Google has plenty of rivals pushing their own AI capable of operating browsers and apps with minimal human supervision. But many people have already filled Google’s ecosystem with information. So an agent would seamlessly blend into services they may already rely on every day.
The AI industry is moving away from systems that merely react and towards those that act continuously. Google seems determined to make Gemini one of the first major examples of that transition.
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