By Reece Rogers
Publication Date: 2026-05-19 17:45:00
Gemini Spark is Google’s version of a steroidal assistant agent that knows everything about you was announced as part of the company’s updates to its Gemini chatbot app at this year’s I/O developer conference.
Software companies have been talking about AI agents for a while, but I wasn’t impressed until I tried Anthropic’s Claude Cowork in January. I sat back as the bot organized the scattered screenshots littered across my desktop into labeled folders without a single click, convinced that this could be a game-changer for the way people interact with their computers.
Many other early adopters in San Francisco experienced similar moments when they set up the mega-viral OpenClaw bot earlier this year, not just to help complete some tasks but to control their entire online lives. Power users have tried, with varying degrees of success, to fully automate their inboxes, calendars, text messages, and even run a vending machine through OpenClaw. It’s not without risks – you have to give up…
