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Google Reveals Gemini 2, AI Agents, and a Prototype Personal Assistant

A new version of Google’s flagship AI model shows how the company sees AI transforming personal computing, web search, and perhaps the way people interact with the physical world.

In a room decorated to look like a bar, Gemini 2 quickly assessed several wine bottles in view, providing geographical information, details of taste characteristics, and pricing sourced from the web. The model rapidly read from several books as WIRED flicked through pages, instantly translating poetry from Spanish to English and describing recurrent themes. “There are obvious business model opportunities, for advertising or recommendations,” Hassabis says when asked if companies might be able to pay to have their products highlighted by Astra.

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