Acknowledgment

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many individuals and teams who made this book possible.

我要向所有使本书得以问世的个人与团队致以诚挚谢意。

First and foremost, I thank Google for adhering to its mission, empowering Googlers, and respecting the opportunity to innovate.

首先，感谢 Google 坚守使命、赋能 Googler，并珍视创新所带来的可能性。

I am grateful to the Office of the CTO for giving me the opportunity to explore new areas, for adhering to its mission of "practical magic," and for its capacity to adapt to new emerging opportunities.

感谢首席技术官办公室（OCTO）给予我探索新领域的机会； 感谢它坚守“实用魔法”的使命，并善于把握不断涌现的新机遇。

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Will Grannis, our VP, for the trust he puts in people and for being a servant leader. To John Abel, my manager, for encouraging me to pursue my activities and for always providing great guidance with his British acumen.I extend my gratitude to Antoine Larmanjat for our work on LLMs in code, Hann Hann Wang for agent discussions, and Yingchao Huang for time series insights. Thanks to Ashwin Ram for leadership, Massy Mascaro for inspiring work, Jennifer Bennett for technical expertise, Brett Slatkin for engineering, and Eric Schen for stimulating discussions. The OCTO team, especially Scott Penberthy, deserves recognition. Finally, deep appreciation to Patricia Florissi for her inspiring vision of Agents' societal impact.

衷心感谢副总裁 Will Grannis 对人的信任，以及他所践行的仆人式领导。 感谢我的经理 John Abel 鼓励我推进各项工作，并始终以英式睿智给予卓越指导。 感谢 Antoine Larmanjat 在代码场景中围绕 LLM 展开的合作、Hann Hann Wang 在智能体方向的深入讨论，以及 Yingchao Huang 在时间序列方面的洞见。 感谢 Ashwin Ram 的领导、Massy Mascaro 富有启发性的工作、Jennifer Bennett 的技术专长、Brett Slatkin 的工程贡献，以及 Eric Schen 带来启发的讨论。 OCTO 团队，尤其是 Scott Penberthy，值得特别致谢。 最后，深深感谢 Patricia Florissi 对智能体社会影响所展现出的远见卓识。

My appreciation also goes to Marco Argenti for the challenging and motivating vision of agents augmenting the human workforce. My thanks also go to Jim Lanzone and Jordi Ribas for pushing the bar on the relationship between the world of Search and the world of Agents.

亦感谢 Marco Argenti 提出“由智能体增强人类劳动力”这一既具挑战性又鼓舞人心的愿景。 感谢 Jim Lanzone 与 Jordi Ribas 持续推动搜索世界与智能体世界之间的融合与延展。

I am also indebted to the Cloud AI teams, especially their leader Saurabh Tiwary, for driving the AI organization towards principled progress. Thank you to Salem Salem Haykal, the Area Technical Leader, for being an inspiring colleague. My thanks to Vladimir Vuskovic, co-founder of Google Agentspace, Kate (Katarzyna) Olszewska for our Agentic collaboration on Kaggle Game Arena, and Nate Keating for driving Kaggle with passion, a community that has given so much to AI. My thanks also to Kamelia Aryafa, leading applied AI and ML teams focused on Agentspace and Enterprise NotebookLM, and to Jahn Wooland, a true leader focused on delivering and a personal friend always there to provide advice.

亦感谢 Cloud AI 团队及其负责人 Saurabh Tiwary，引领 AI 组织以原则为基础稳步前行。 感谢区域技术负责人 Salem Haykal，他是一位极具感染力、令人深受鼓舞的同事。 感谢 Google Agentspace 联合创始人 Vladimir Vuskovic、在 Kaggle Game Arena 上与我开展智能体合作的 Kate (Katarzyna) Olszewska，以及以热情推动 Kaggle——这一为 AI 贡献良多的社区——的 Nate Keating。 亦感谢带领面向 Agentspace 与 Enterprise NotebookLM 的应用 AI/ML 团队的 Kamelia Aryafa； 以及始终专注交付、也常给予我建议的挚友与领导者 Jahn Wooland。

A special thanks to Yingchao Huang for being a brilliant AI engineer with a great career in front of you, Hann Wang for challenging me to return to my interest in Agents after an initial interest in 1994, and to Lee Boonstra for your amazing work on prompt engineering.

特别感谢 Yingchao Huang，他是一位前途无量的杰出 AI 工程师； 感谢 Hann Wang，让我在 1994 年初次对智能体产生兴趣之后，再次回到这一方向； 感谢 Lee Boonstra 在提示工程上的出色工作。

My thanks also go to the 5 Days of GenAI team, including our VP Alison Wagonfeld for the trust put in the team, Anant Nawalgaria for always delivering, and Paige Bailey for her can-do attitude and leadership.

亦感谢 5 Days of GenAI 团队，包括给予团队信任的副总裁 Alison Wagonfeld、始终交付成果的 Anant Nawalgaria，以及务实担当、领导有方的 Paige Bailey。

I am also deeply grateful to Mike Styer, Turan Bulmus, and Kanchana Patlolla for helping me ship three Agents at Google I/O 2025. Thank you for your immense work.

深深感谢 Mike Styer、Turan Bulmus 与 Kanchana Patlolla，协助我在 Google I/O 2025 发布三款智能体。感谢你们的巨大付出。

I want to express my sincere gratitude to Thomas Kurian for his unwavering leadership, passion, and trust in driving the Cloud and AI initiatives. I also deeply appreciate Emanuel Taropa, whose inspiring "can-do" attitude made him the most exceptional colleague I've encountered at Google, setting a truly profound example. Finally, thanks to Fiona Cicconi for our engaging discussions about Google.

诚挚感谢 Thomas Kurian 在推动 Cloud 与 AI 举措上的坚定领导、热情与信任。 亦深深感谢 Emanuel Taropa：他那种令人振奋的“使命必达”态度，使他成为我在 Google 遇到的最杰出同事之一，也树立了真正深刻的榜样。 最后感谢 Fiona Cicconi，与我就 Google 展开的精彩交流。

I extend my gratitude to Demis Hassabis, Pushmeet Kohli, and the entire GDM team for their passionate efforts in developing Gemini, AlphaFold, AlphaGo, and AlphaGenome, among other projects, and for their contributions to advancing science for the benefit of society. A special thank you to Yossi Matias for his leadership of Google Research and for consistently offering invaluable advice. I have learned a great deal from you.

感谢 Demis Hassabis、Pushmeet Kohli 及整个 GDM 团队在 Gemini、AlphaFold、AlphaGo、AlphaGenome 等项目上的热忱投入，以及为推进科学、造福社会所作的贡献。 特别感谢 Yossi Matias 领导 Google Research，并持续提供宝贵建议；我从您身上获益良多。

A special thanks to Patti Maes, who pioneered the concept of Software Agents in the 90s and remains focused on the question of how computer systems and digital devices might augment people and assist them with issues such as memory, learning, decision making, health, and wellbeing. Your vision back in '91 became a reality today.

特别感谢 Patti Maes：她在 20 世纪 90 年代开创了软件智能体这一概念，并持续关注计算机系统与数字设备如何赋能人类，在记忆、学习、决策、健康与福祉等方面提供支持。 您 1991 年的愿景，今日已成现实。

I also want to extend my gratitude to Paul Drougas and all the Publisher team at Springer for making this book possible.

亦感谢 Springer 出版社的 Paul Drougas 及整个出版团队，使本书得以付梓。

I am deeply indebted to the many talented people who helped bring this book to life. My heartfelt thanks go to Marco Fago for his immense contributions, from code and diagrams to reviewing the entire text. I’m also grateful to Mahtab Syed for his coding work and to Ankita Guha for her incredibly detailed feedback on so many chapters. The book was significantly improved by the insightful amendments from Priya Saxena, the careful reviews from Jae Lee, and the dedicated work of Mario da Roza in creating the NotebookLM version. I was fortunate to have a team of expert reviewers for the initial chapters, and I thank Dr. Amita Kapoor, Fatma Tarlaci, PhD, Dr. Alessandro Cornacchia, and Aditya Mandlekar for lending their expertise. My sincere appreciation also goes to Ashley Miller, A Amir John, and Palak Kamdar (Vasani) for their unique contributions. For their steadfast support and encouragement, a final, warm thank you is due to Rajat Jain, Aldo Pahor, Gaurav Verma, Pavithra Sainath, Mariusz Koczwara, Abhijit Kumar, Armstrong Foundjem, Haiming Ran, Udita Patel, and Kaurnakar Kotha.

深深感谢众多才俊助力本书成书。 衷心感谢 Marco Fago，在代码、图示乃至全文审阅方面作出卓越贡献；感谢 Mahtab Syed 的编码工作，以及 Ankita Guha 对多章内容提出的极其细致的反馈。 Priya Saxena 的精到修订、Jae Lee 的审慎审阅，以及 Mario da Roza 在制作 NotebookLM 版本上的投入，都显著提升了本书质量。 前几章有幸得到专家审阅，感谢 Dr. Amita Kapoor、Fatma Tarlaci 博士、Dr. Alessandro Cornacchia 与 Aditya Mandlekar 的专业贡献。 亦诚挚感谢 Ashley Miller、A Amir John 与 Palak Kamdar (Vasani) 的独特贡献。 最后，向 Rajat Jain、Aldo Pahor、Gaurav Verma、Pavithra Sainath、Mariusz Koczwara、Abhijit Kumar、Armstrong Foundjem、Haiming Ran、Udita Patel 与 Kaurnakar Kotha 致以温暖谢意，感谢他们一贯的支持与鼓励。

This project truly would not have been possible without you. All the credit goes to you, and all the mistakes are mine.

没有你们，这个项目绝不可能完成。一切荣誉归于你们，一切疏失由我承担。

All my royalties are donated to Save the Children.

本书全部版税捐赠予救助儿童会（Save the Children）。