We’re reacting to Google I/O 2026

What better way to unwind after a two-hour keynote presentation than to delve into the strangest and wildest details, from… A Gmail bot you can talk to For the leader of DeepMind Saying that the singularity is close. vertcast Broadcast live after the show, senior AI correspondent Hayden Field joined me to discuss highlights.

First, we talk about the buzzword of the show: agents, which appears to be Google’s new answer to making AI useful. Google has it A new service called Spark This looks very similar to the Gemini-flavored OpenClaw, upgrades to its Antigravity system, and a set of agents that will Shop for you Tracking research topics. We go too Google Form UpdatesAs well as its transformation into global models with Gemini Omnia theoretically ambitious new family that got off to a very focused start.

We’ve finished discussing Demis Hassabis’s declaration that AGI and the Singularity are close, which got a surprisingly short time (one sentence) for such a bold statement. Finally, Hayden takes us through her thoughts on the Musk v. Altman trial, which concluded earlier this week.

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