When we hear about Google’s Gemini AI engine these days, it’s almost always the result of some wildly ambitious and futuristic-sounding advancement. You don’t have to look far to find examples. Gemini, like other generative AI systems, is increasingly being positioned as an agent that can handle complex tasks for you , as we heard about throughout Google’s I/O conference keynote last week. They span everything from shopping and purchasing tickets to planning travel and even meandering around the