Project Mariner: Google’s AI Agent Can Perform Tasks For You in Chrome [Video]

Last month, we reported that Google is developing an AI agent in the form of a browser extension that can perform actions for you in the web browser. And in today’s Gemini 2.0 announcement, Google has finally unveiled Project Mariner, an early prototype that can unlock the future of human-agent interaction.

Powered by the latest Gemini 2.0 model, Project Mariner can understand what it sees on your browser screen and uses that information to perform tasks for you. It can understand web elements like forms, text fields, code, images, and more. The web extension, powered by Project Mariner can type, scroll, and click in the active tab, but for sensitive tasks like purchasing something, it requires final confirmation from the user.

Google says the early prototype is currently slow and not always accurate, but it will rapidly improve over time. In a demo that Google showcased, Project Mariner can remember company names from a Google Sheet, browse the web, find the websites of …