Google and Meta race to build personal AI agents as Anthropic and OpenAI pull further ahead

THE DECODER / 5/6/2026

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Google and Meta are internally testing personal AI agents (“Remy” and “Hatch”) aimed at handling everyday tasks independently.
The push is framed as a response to earlier momentum from Anthropic and OpenAI, with companies reallocating resources to compete in agentic assistants.
Google reportedly shut down its browser agent project “Mariner” to focus on integrated agent efforts.
The competitive landscape is moving from standalone browser agents toward assistants embedded in everyday platforms like email, calendars, and shopping.
This shift suggests a broader market expectation that AI agents should be tightly integrated with user workflows rather than operate only in a browser.

Google and Meta are both internally testing personal AI agents - codenamed "Remy" and "Hatch" - designed to handle everyday tasks on their own, a direct response to the lead built by Anthropic and OpenAI. Google shut down its browser agent project Mariner to focus on the effort. The market is shifting away from browser agents toward integrated assistants that live inside email, calendars, and shopping platforms.

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