Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Key points
- Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf.
- But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs.
- The company gave me access to Spark last week.
- Google advertises Spark as an AI agent that can take on tasks and work on them in the background — even tasks that have multiple steps — allowing you to put your phone down or walk away from your computer.
- It also advertises at the very top of the Spark website that it’s “always under your direction,” that “you choose to turn it on,” and that “it’s designed to check with you before taking major actions.” Given the mounting skepticism toward AI, it’s very much “my ‘not involved in rogue AI’ T-shirt has people asking questions already answered by my shirt.” I didn’t know where to start, so I took a...
Quick Summary
Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial
Why It Matters
This development is important because it may impact public opinion, policy decisions, and future developments related to Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo.
Key Takeaways
- Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf.
- But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs.
- The company gave me access to Spark last week.
- Google advertises Spark as an AI agent that can take on tasks and work on them in the background — even tasks that have multiple steps — allowing you to put your phone down or walk away from your computer.
- It also advertises at the very top of the Spark website that it’s “always under your direction,” that “you choose to turn it on,” and that “it’s designed to check with you before taking major actions.” Given the mounting skepticism toward AI, it’s very much “my ‘not involved in rogue AI’ T-shirt has people asking questions already answered by my shirt.” I didn’t know where to start, so I took a page from my colleague Antonio’s book: I decided to use Spark to tackle tasks like what Google demonstrated onstage at I/O.
📌 Source: Jay Peters
The BriefWire