Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses

Google is turning Gemini into an enterprise agent that can do work, not just answer questions, by connecting to business systems such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, and data platforms to execute tasks across the organization. For CIOs, this signals a shift from AI experimentation to operational automation at scale, with major implications for governance, identity/access controls, auditability, and cost management—especially since the agent operates with its own Workspace account and records an audit trail. IT organizations should expect faster adoption pressure from business users and prepare to manage model routing, security boundaries, approvals, and integration standards across internal and external MCP-enabled tools.