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title: "Google pulls the plug on Project Mariner, the AI agent that browsed the web like a human"
date: 2026-05-07
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69fc7a4a104a43ca805e825b360b145e&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.digitaltrends.com%2fcomputing%2fgoogle-pulls-the-plug-on-project-mariner-the-ai-agent-that-browsed-the-web-like-a-human%2f&c=4354787832623992147&mkt=en-us
description: "Google has shut down Project Mariner, the AI browser agent that navigated websites by processing screenshots in real time. Its core features are moving into the Gemini API and Gemini Agent."
---

# Google pulls the plug on Project Mariner, the AI agent that browsed the web like a human

Google has shut down Project Mariner, the AI browser agent that navigated websites by processing screenshots in real time. Its core features are moving into the Gemini API and Gemini Agent.

*Published: 2026-05-07*