Google introduces personalised round-the-clock AI assistant Gemini Spark

New AI agent will proactively complete tasks with user approval and roll out to Gemini AI Ultra and Pro subscribers in the coming weeks

Google on Wednesday introduced its round-the-clock, personalised artificial intelligence (AI)-powered agent, Gemini Spark, which will be rolled out to the company's AI Ultra and Pro subscribers in the coming weeks.

 

In a blog post, Google said Gemini Spark would "fundamentally shift" AI from a reactive assistant that answers questions only when prompted to an active partner "that gets real work done for you, even while you're sleeping".

 

The AI agent, Google said, will always operate only under the user's direction, with the freedom to choose which apps to connect to. The app will also seek the user's permission before taking actions such as spending money or sending emails, the company said.

 

 

"There are multiple lines of defence that we have. The first is that any sensitive action requires user confirmation as a guarantee. So the agent cannot start using the browser, send an email or delete anything without asking anything," Adam Coimbra, director of the Google Gemini app, said.

 

Despite advancements in the agentic AI ecosystem, there will still be ample room for "collaborative AI", where humans work alongside the agent rather than either the agent or the human working independently, Coimbra said.

 

"I think we have barely scratched the surface. I think having it (Gemini Spark) be incredibly good at creating things for you or bringing together different services like generating audio or images is one direction I am excited about," he said.