Google is constructing a brand new AI “private agent” for Gemini that may take actions on the consumer’s behalf, Enterprise Insider has discovered.
Staff on the firm have been testing the brand new AI agent, internally named “Remy,” which runs in a staff-only model of Google’s Gemini app and may combine with a variety of Google’s different providers, in keeping with an inner doc seen by Enterprise Insider and two folks aware of the matter.
“Remy is your 24/7 private agent for work, faculty, and every day life, powered by Gemini,” reads an outline of the agent. “It elevates the Gemini app into a real assistant that may take actions in your behalf — not simply reply questions or generate content material.”
Two folks aware of Remy mentioned it’s at present being examined by staff. A Google spokesperson declined to remark.
Agents are a big focus for AI labs proper now. Because the underlying fashions have improved, they’re now higher and extra dependable at powering autonomous instruments. Google would not but have a extensively obtainable, absolutely autonomous AI agent product. Nevertheless, it has been rolling out “Agent Mode” and different associated options that may carry out multi-step duties, with entry various by subscription tier and area.
Google’s Remy sounds extra superior than these instruments. In some methods, it sounds similar to OpenClaw, an AI agent that grew to become a viral sensation earlier this yr and may carry out duties comparable to responding to messages or conducting analysis on behalf of customers. In February, Sam Altman introduced OpenAI was hiring OpenClaw’s creator.
An inner description of Remy states: “Deeply built-in throughout Google, Remy can monitor for issues that matter to you, deal with complicated duties proactively, and study your preferences over time.”
It couldn’t be discovered whether or not there’s a timeline for launching Remy to the general public. Nevertheless, the doc describes Remy as a “dogfooding” challenge, which is a typical observe at tech corporations through which staff check merchandise earlier than launching them to customers.
The corporate will maintain its I/O occasion later this month, the place it is anticipated to exhibit its subsequent wave of AI merchandise. Brokers will possible be an enormous focus. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has lengthy talked about his imaginative and prescient to construct a digital assistant.
It couldn’t instantly be discovered why Google named the agent Remy. It has origins within the Latin phrase Remigius, that means “oarsman” or “rower,” which might be becoming for an agent that is doing loads of work.
It is also the identify of the assistant chef rat in Pixar’s Ratatouille. Figuring out Google, it might properly be a reference to each.
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