Google's new work agent picks between Gemini and Claude models for each task

Google Cloud unveiled the Gemini agent at its Gemini at Work event on October 8. From a single prompt box it takes on questions, document work and coding, draws on a company's systems and data, and puts the results straight into the documents, inboxes and developer tools people already use. It picks the best model for each job and has built-in cost controls.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the agent works across Gemini models and Anthropic's Claude models today, with other private and open models to follow. Versions for financial services and legal are in preview. Google said nearly 80% of Google Cloud customers use its AI products and nearly 500 customers have each processed more than a trillion tokens.