Google’s Web-Browsing AI, Jarvis, Officially Renamed to Project Mariner

Google unveils Project Mariner, an AI agent for web browsing, previously known as Jarvis, showcasing its ability to automate tasks within a browser.

Earlier today, Google introduced Gemini 2.0, promising enhancements to its products and services, as well as new experiences powered by the model. One such experience is Project Mariner, an AI agent capable of navigating within a web browser. Currently an experimental Chrome extension available to trusted testers, Mariner aims to automate routine tasks. In a demo, it assists Google’s Jaclyn Konzelmann in finding contact information for four outdoor companies, though it takes nearly 12 minutes to complete the task. Google describes Mariner as a research prototype that can understand and reason across browser information, including pixels and web elements like text, code, images, and forms.

If Project Mariner sounds familiar, it’s because it was previously reported as Project Jarvis in October by The Information. Jarvis, described as a ‘computer-using agent,’ was designed to assist with tasks such as booking flights. An early version was briefly available on the Chrome Web Store in November. A source confirmed that Jarvis and Mariner are the same project. This announcement follows Anthropic’s introduction of a similar, more expansive feature for its Claude AI, which is currently in public beta.