@GergelyOrosz: Google really missingthe boat with the "AI agents for work" revolution happening, and also the "AI agents for personal …
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Commentary criticizing Google for failing to integrate AI agents across Gmail and Google Docs, leaving room for competitors like Grok Bot and Claude to fill the gap in AI-driven work and personal productivity.
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Google really missingthe boat with the “AI agents for work” revolution happening, and also the “AI agents for personal stuff” one.
They have no agent that can work across Gmail and Google Docs in ways that Grok Bot, Instinct or even Claude or Codex or Muse can do. And so people still rather give full access to a random agent to get stuff done: when Google could have had a first-party intergration in-place.
Total head scratcher, but all the more opportunity for others
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