Google's Gemini Spark is an agentic AI assistant The AI agent is rolling out to testers this week. By Mariella Moon May 19, 2026 1:45 pm EST Google has announced a "24/7 personal AI agent" called Gemini Spark at this year's I/O developer conference. …
… Like Claude Cowork and, as of today, OpenAI Codex too , it's a suite of computer use agents that can work with your files, apps, connectors and the web to complete complex and "even continuous workflows." Perplexity suggests a few different use cases for Personal Computer, starting with the obvious. …
… "Claude builds with your components, checks its output against your design system, and makes corrections before you see it," explains Anthropic. …
… That's where the FireFly AI Assistant comes in. It works much like ChatGPT and other prompt-based AI assistants, but it has Adobe's suite of powerful apps behind it to execute the required steps. …
… With Model Council, you'll get side-by-side responses from both Anthropic and OpenAI, with a report that shows where the models agree and disagree. Both features are currently available in Microsoft 365 Copilot's Frontier program, which acts as a early access space for the company's AI innovations.
… It also distinguishes between, for example, how people in the UK say the date — "the 1st of April" — versus how it's said in the US. …
… As before, access to Canva's AI features remains included in the company's free offering, though it's also introducing a new AI Pass add-on that significantly increases rate limits for users.
… And yes, you guessed it, it's pretty much all about AI. We dive into the new Gemini Omni model , the massive AI integration with Google Search , the usefulness of agentic personal assistants like Spark and our impressions of the first Android XR glasses . …
… Fortunately, all of the new AI-generated ad formats will be labeled as "sponsored." Google is testing two new ad types in AI Mode , both powered by "an independent AI explainer." First, Conversational Discovery Ads will appear in AI Mode's answers. …
… Like other agentic AI features, these are meant to run on their own after initial prompting. Upcoming information agents, for example, should be able to scour the web for specific apartments after you've told Search what you're looking for. …