We react to Google I/O 2026

What amended mode to unwind from a two-hour-long keynote presumption than to determination implicit the weirdest and wildest details, from a Gmail bot you tin converse with to DeepMind's person saying the singularity is near. The Vergecast went unrecorded close aft the show, with Senior AI Reporter Hayden Field joining maine to sermon the highlights.

First up, we speech astir the buzzword of the show: agents, which look to beryllium Google's caller reply to making AI useful. Google has a caller work called Spark that sounds a batch similar a Gemini-flavored OpenClaw, upgrades to its Antigravity platform, and a clump of agents that volition shop for you and way hunt topics. We …

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