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Google is reportedly working on an AI that would take over your web browser to perform various tasks. It’s also about creating an agent that will control your computer – beyond the browser. According to Reutersthis AI tool will arrive under the name “Jarvis Project” in the browser and should be released with the next version of its Gemini LLM. The search giant isn’t the only one developing a system like this, as OpenAI is also reportedly working on a computer-using agent, or CUA, that crawls the web autonomously in your browser.

Browser-based AI would make it easier for users to search online because they would no longer need to develop APIs or even use a screen recording so that the AI ​​tool can read user data. Instead, you can give it commands directly in your browser and it should automatically do everything you need, including filling out forms and clicking buttons. Examples of tasks performed by AI include opening relevant web pages, compiling search data into easily readable tables, purchasing products or booking flights.

If Google succeeds in deploying a system like this, it would make AI tools much more accessible, allowing even those with no AI experience to use them easily and effectively. In effect, this eliminates the need to develop APIs or even find techniques that would allow the AI ​​to access the required data: just type what you want it to do into your browser and it will instantly start at work.

Go beyond the browser to control your computer

In addition to reported Google AI browser-based intentions, rumors have circulated that Anthropic and Google want to take this tool to the next level, going beyond browser control. Companies would be interested in creating an agent that would control your computer for you, allowing you to give it a command (like opening all your work applications and arranging them on your screen), and it would interact with your system on your behalf.

However, even the browser-based Project Jarvis would likely raise privacy and security concerns, perhaps as much as Microsoft’s controversial project. Reminder function did. After all, a lot of sensitive data can be accessed through the web browser, including emails, work files, and even banking information. Google must therefore put in place protections around the Jarvis project and its future developments to ensure that it does not unnecessarily access your private information.