Google has made a surprising mistake by publicizing an internal preview of AI that can use people’s computers to complete tasks, reports The Information. This AI is reportedly codenamed Jarvis.

The AI was available to download through Chrome as a browser extension. The description read, “a helpful companion that surfs the web with you.” This AI can do things from purchasing a product or even booking a flight.

According to the report, the prototype didn’t work because it required permission to complete a task when the reporter asked it to. Very soon after, Google removed the product from the Chrome extension store. Reportedly, Google planned to reveal Jarvis in December alongside its next flagship large language model (LLM). Unfortunately, The Information shared no screenshots of Jarvis.

Anthropic recently launched a new AI model called Claude AI that works similarly, using people’s computers to complete tasks for them.

Apple Intelligence is also poised to offer similar functionality; however, it’s nowhere near this capability yet. Eventually, it’ll offer an onscreen awareness feature that can observe your activity and feed it into its AI.

Source: The Information