If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
The Verge AI·May 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM·
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For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly […]