Tests to determine whether Google’s agentic AI system Gemini Spark can deliver on the promises made on stage at last month’s I/O event shows that, for the most part, it can.
Since this is the model Apple will be using to power the new Siri, that’s equally good news for the Cupertino company and its customers …
There was a huge argument a little over a year ago when Apple commentator John Gruber launched a blistering attack on the iPhone maker’s failure to deliver on its new Siri promises. He said the company had done nothing more than show concept videos of Apple Intelligence features they couldn’t actually demonstrate, even in carefully-controlled conditions.
When Google introduced its agentic AI Gemini Spark, the company performed live demos on stage. That’s a massive step forward from a video simulation, but there’s still a sizeable gulf between a carefully-planned demo and real-life usage.
The Verge’s Jay Peters decided to try the demonstrated features for himself, turning them into real-life tasks on his own data, starting with this one.
People sometimes use the phrase “scarily good” in a colloquial way, but in this case, I think it applies rather literally.
It didn’t fully deliver on everything demonstrated, but he said that he was “floored by the results, though they were imperfect.” The full piece discussing the other examples is definitely worth reading.
What Google demonstrated – and Peters found to mostly work in real life – was exactly the type of features Apple showed off in its concept video. The new Siri may be taking an extremely long time to materialize, but this experience does suggest that it really will live up to Apple’s promises, even if those promises are actually fulfilled by Google.
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