Google accidentally leaked its AI agent that browses the internet.
According to The video of sex tapeInformation, an "internal preview" of the AI agent, internally dubbed Jarvis, was briefly made available to download as an extension in the Chrome web store on Tuesday. The outlet reported that the extension was described as "a helpful companion that surfs the web with you."
The prototype was downloadable, but it didn't work due to access permissions. Later in the day, the extension was removed from the web store.
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The unintentional appearance of Jarvis on the Chrome web store confirms previous reports of what Google is working on.
The AI agent is expected to browse the web on behalf of users and perform tasks like buying products and booking flights. Google reportedly plans to publicly introduce Jarvis in December, alongside the latest version of its Gemini large language model.
Google isn't the only one developing AI agents. Last month, Anthropic introduced a new feature for its Claude LLM that can essentially take over your computer to read and write JavaScript code. OpenAI is reportedly working on AI agents, too.
In a recent Reddit AMA, OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil hinted that ChatGPT will have the ability to message users first and that performing tasks for users will be a "big theme in 2025."
Topics Artificial Intelligence Google