Anonymous ID: e8e45f Dec. 12, 2024, 8:25 p.m. No.22156468   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Google unveils Project Mariner: AI agents to use the web for you

 

Google unveiled its first-ever AI agent that can take actions on the web on Wednesday, a research prototype from the company’s DeepMind division called Project Mariner. The Gemini-powered agent takes control of your Chrome browser, moves the cursor on your screen, clicks buttons, and fills out forms, allowing it to use and navigate websites much like a human would.

 

The company is starting out by releasing its AI agent to a small group of pre-selected testers on Wednesday, Google says.

 

Google is continuing to experiment with new ways for Gemini to read, summarize, and, now, use websites. A Google executive tells TechCrunch this is part of a “fundamentally new UX paradigm shift”: moving users away from directly interacting with websites, and instead, interacting with a generative AI system that does it for you.