Google’s new experimental AI agent can browse the web for you [Video]

In brief: Google recently unveiled Gemini 2.0, the next generation of its GenAI toolchain. The company is gradually introducing multiple GenAI agents that leverage the new model for various tasks. One of these, Mariner, can automatically control web browsers to retrieve information, make purchases, and perform other actions.

Google has begun early testing on a new AI agent that can automate web browsing tasks. While the company admits that the software isn’t perfect and is taking safety precautions, deploying it might raise questions about the future of the web.

Project Mariner, an extension for an experimental build of Chrome, can execute multi-step commands to browse websites, use Google search, retrieve specified information, go shopping, and more. The company claims the agent can assist with tasks that are usually tedious for humans.

In one example, a tester shows Mariner a …