Google AI will allegedly soon be able to take over Chrome browser

Google is reportedly about to unveil AI technology that can take over the browser to relieve users of "everyday" tasks on the internet. This was reported by the US magazine The Information, citing several internal sources. The company is developing the technology under the code name "Project Jarvis". The technology is to be introduced in future versions of Google's AI Gemini and will be able to research the internet, make purchases or book flights on command, for example. The presentation is expected to take place as early as December.

Active artificial intelligence

The plans that have now been made public point to the next stage in the development of AI technology, as planned by AI-developing companies. While the current generators only generate text, images and other content on request, they are set to become active next. Just a few days ago, the AI company Anthropic announced its own technology that can interact directly with the computer and move the mouse pointer, for example. According to The Information, Google's competitor will be limited to the browser and is designed for Google's Chrome. The AI helper Rabbit R1, which provides an active AI and should be able to solve almost any task instead of generating images and text, can be considered one of the first attempts.

Google's AI is supposed to become active on the basis of screenshots and be able to click buttons or enter text on websites. Anthropic's new AI works in a similar way, but it is not limited to the browser; Microsoft's use of screenshots for AI was fatal. According to the report at The Information, the plans for the presentation of Google's technology may still change, and it could initially only be released for a limited number of users. They could then be tasked with searching for bugs. The US company itself has not yet commented on the report.

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