Google's new Gemini agent can choose its own underlying model — including Anthropic's Claude — per the Google Cloud post signed by CEO Thomas Kurian. It gets a corporate email, calendar and directory

What happened: Google Cloud announced the Gemini agent, a general office agent that can run long term, plan tasks, and call multiple models including Anthropic's Claude. It can have its own Workspace identity, email, and calendar. Key numbers: No concrete figures given. Why it matters: The launch lands amid office agent moves from OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse. Google says the underlying model can change while accumulated context, Skills, and enterprise data persist. Coverage: 9 outlets in 24h

Google releases office Agent supporting Claude, signaling competitive AI agent move.

Google releases office Agent supporting Claude, signaling competitive AI agent move. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.