If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
Google announces new AI agents at I/O 2026 capable of background operation, covering inbox summarisation, event planning, and information gathering across its product ecosystem.
For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Google.
At I/O 2026, Google announced new AI agents for gathering information, planning events, summarizing your inbox and calendar, and more. The agents can run continuously in the background, and the company claims they'll seamlessly integrate into … Read the full story at The Verge.
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