Google employees have a new favourite assistant called “Agent Smith”. It is an internal AI tool namer after the antagonist from the movie The Matrix, as reported by Business Insider. Launched earlier this year, the tool is designed to automate tasks such as coding and interact with various internal systems. Unlike the traditional assistants, Smith works asynchronously in the background, meaning employees can give it instructions via their phones and check progress later without keeping their laptops active.The Business Insider report reveals that Smith became so popular inside Googleplex that the company had to restrict access in order to manage the increasing usage. For some engineers, the tool is already proving invaluable, helping streamline workflows at a time…