… In a memo viewed by The Verge, Brockman wrote that since OpenAI’s product strategy for this year is to go all-in on AI agents, the company is combining its products to “invest in a single agentic platform and to merge ChatGPT and Codex into one unified agentic experience for all.” To do this, the c… …
… 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 well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Google. …
… Windows adds guardrails for OpenClaw and other AI agents Image: OpenClaw on Windows. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/windows-11-openclaw.png?quality=90&strip=all Speaking of OpenClaw, Microsoft is trying to make the AI agents safer to run through something called Mi… …
… It also offers a “major leap forward” when it comes to coding useful AI agents, beating Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks, according to Google. This is just the first in the Gemini 3.5 family of models, as Google plans to launch 3.5 Pro next month. …
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-google-beam-ai-agent.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Today, Google is experimentally revealing “Beam video agents,” which it’s pitching as an exploration into the future of real-time communication with AI agents, using Google Be… …
… Microsoft is in a more complex situation with AI agents. The popular open-source platform OpenClaw demonstrated a potential path forward for AI agents, and after OpenAI quickly hired its creator, Peter Steinberger, Microsoft among other companies is trying to catch up. …
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-google-beam-ai-agent.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Google is experimenting with AI agents for Google Beam After renaming Project Starline to Google Beam last year, Google is now experimenting with lifelike AI agents that can d… …
… Google also folded Project Mariner’s agentic capabilities into its AI-powered search feature, AI Mode. …
… The purchases use a technology called Agent Payments Protocol AP2 , essentially a digital paper trail and approval process for having an AI agent carry out a task like buying something. …
… The Vergecast went live right after the show, with senior AI reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights. First up, we talk about the buzzword of the show: agents, which seem to be Google’s new answer to making AI useful. …