Google Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore
AI agents are everywhere. Every briefing I’ve attended for software companies over the past year has involved some mention of agents—using generative AI tools to automate digital tasks. Despite breakout moments at the start of 2026, like the plucky OpenClaw agent that early adopters used to manage their online life, most people are not yet embracing this style of automation day to day. That won’t last for long if Google gets its way.
At Google I/O, the tech behemoth shared its vision to make its popular search engine a core way to expose billions of existing users to the company’s agentic prowess.
“You will be able to create, customize, and manage multiple AI agents for your many tasks, right in Search,” says Liz Reid, who leads Search at Google. She gives the example of setting up an agent to track stock market trends and send you alerts...
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