Google says its next-gen AI agents won't launch until 2025 at the earliest | TechCrunch

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Google won't ship tech from Project Astra until 2025 at the earliest

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the 2025 timeline during the Q3 earnings call

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Project Astra encompasses AI apps and agents for real-time, multimodal understanding

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Anthropic's struggles illustrate the difficulty in building capable AI agents

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