Super interesting paper on proactive agents from Google DeepMind. (bookmark it) Proactive assistance usually means autocomplete. Researchers asks what it looks like when an agent offers higher-level cognitive support and picks its own moment to speak. They built a probe and deployed it with 16 participants for a week. Writers create partners by configuring a role and a proactivity level, and relevant partners then take initiative as the writing happens. Three findings stand out: >…