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Google on Thursday unveiled a new AI agent tailored for workplace tasks, positioning it to compete with other technology giants racing to offer their own virtual office assistants. <\/p>\n
Called Gemini, the AI is a “universal agent” that can write and run code, create images and media and integrate with Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive and Sheets, as well as third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365, Google said in its statement.<\/p>\n
Thomas Kurian, the CEO of Google Cloud, shared the new product during a keynote address at Gemini at Work 2026 on Thursday, an annual event where Google showcases its suite of AI technology.<\/p>\n
Google said the agent can seamlessly integrate into people’s workflow, acting like a co-worker that can carry out tasks autonomously. Workers can delegate tasks to the agent, and it will return a finished product, Kurian said in the company’s blog post. <\/p>\n
“Gemini can function as your personal assistant or as a team member, where it works on behalf of a group of people, like a project manager within a team, or on behalf of a specific role in an organization, like an analyst in your finance department,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
To execute on certain tasks, Gemini can create its own “sub-agents,” which Google described as “temporary, job-specific agents, each with their own identity,” that can work together to accomplish goals over several days.<\/p>\n
The AI agent, which runs in the Cloud, is designed to build memory and skills based on the tasks it’s assigned and the questions users ask it.<\/p>\n
“You never have to re-brief it or wonder which machine you told it to do something on,” Kurian wrote in the blog post.<\/p>\n
Gemini joins a growing field of AI agents marketed for personal and workplace use. In September, Meta introduced Muse<\/span>, a personal AI assistant that has been downloaded millions of times. OpenAI followed suit late last month with the introduction of “Dots”<\/span>, an “AI helper” available to ChatGPT users with Pro and Business Premium accounts.<\/p>\n