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416 Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ uses AI to call local businesses for you

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/30/2025 15:12 EDT

Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ uses AI to call local businesses for you

Google is trying out a new tool that lets AI call businesses to ask questions for you. The feature, called Ask for Me, collects information about the pricing and availability of a service, but it’s only available for nail salons and auto shops for now. Once you enable the experiment on Google Search Labs, you […]

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