If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
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Tech companies have long promised AI assistants but delivered disappointing results until recently, with OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent platform (software that can perform tasks autonomously), gaining popularity. Google has now announced new AI agents at I/O 2026 that can perform various tasks like gathering information and planning events, running continuously in the background with claimed seamless integration.
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/934478/if-google-cant-make-ai-agents-useful-maybe-no-one-can
First tracked: May 20, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%