The 21st century is all about Artificial intelligence and its novel adaptations. We can see a wide range of AI services and applications are emerging nowadays. Google is one of the advanced firms that has been tirelessly working for the advancement of artificial intelligence services. The latest news regarding their AI development is their AI apps and agents as part of Project Astra will not be launched until next year.
Google is planning to introduce its advanced AI tools and agents in the early months of 2025. The company planned the release of these tools and consumer-focused AI agents in December itself, but that situation seems unlikely and the release will be delayed. Project Astra is one of the promising projects we can expect from the tech tycoon Google. Google announced this project in May 2024 at their I/O developer conference. A demonstration of Project Astra’s prototype was also shown in that event.
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the release of their advanced agents and tools which came under Project Astra will be delayed via their Q3 earnings call.
What is Project Astra?
Project Astra is an innovative artificial intelligence project that is capable enough to introduce new dimensions in the AI experience and multimodal understanding. Project Astra aims to integrate AI features into the world by enhancing the understanding capabilities of AI tools and enabling them to act according to the circumstances. Google is aiming to improve the ability of its chatbot Gemini through Project Astra. The company claims that as a result of this project, Google Assistant will be able to interact with users via voice, images, text, and videos.
Another key feature of this project is to make the chatbot capable enough to understand the context in which a user indulges and makes appropriate natural responses. Project Astra has so many advanced AI agents and tools that could provide mesmerizing user experience and it can even work on behalf of the users. They are equipping the tools and agents that can recognize the world around us using the in-device camera and describe what it sees and what happening around it.
A prerecorded demo was shown in the I/O event, a prototype that is a part of Project Astra answering questions based on the view of its camera. So Google is planning to introduce technologies beyond our generation via its Project Astra, users need to wait a bit longer to enjoy all the features. We can see full-fledged versions of these agents in the future and enjoy the AI-powered tasks once it is officially launched.
Can Google’s Next-Gen AI agents be the next big thing?
The reason behind the delay of the launch is unknown, but Google is taking all the required time to create the best tools available in the tech sphere. There are a lot of competitors that are now marching to the introduction of highly capable AI-powered tools and services. Open AI and Anthropic are experimenting and working on projects that can redefine the entire AI experience. So to create more advanced and powerful tools that can surpass the capabilities of rivals, they might need more time. This could be the prime reason for the delay in the launch.
Anthropic has recently introduced a new AI model that is capable enough to perform tasks and control the PC. It can control the apps and browser and even perform simple tasks like booking tickets, gathering search results, etc. but the performance is not up to the level and it brings comparatively slower output. So this is a golden opportunity for Google to become the best in the business. Taking the required time becomes a necessary thing to do and the creation of quality output and providing the best user experience had to be the primary aim of Google.
All the users who are eagerly waiting for the next-gen AI tools and to know what they are capable of, have to wait a little bit more. The initial launch was planned to be conducted in December, but the CEO has disclosed that the release could be delayed. Even though the reasons behind the delay are unavailable, the release still can be expected in the early months of 2025.
