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• 📞 Google’s AI Will Now Call Businesses for You

• 🧠 Meta Raids OpenAI Again

• 🧠 Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2B Seed Round at $12B Valuation

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📞 Google’s AI Will Now Call Businesses for You- And That’s Just the Beginning

Google is rolling out a powerful AI calling agent to all U.S. users — no more dialing pet groomers or repair shops yourself. Just search, tap “Have AI check pricing,” answer a few questions, and Google’s agent will call businesses on your behalf to fetch real-time availability and pricing.

Every call begins with a clear notice: it's an automated system from Google — a shift from past controversies over human-like AI voices.

The feature is free for all Search users, with higher usage limits for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers 

But that’s not all. Google is also upgrading AI Mode in Search:

Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available for advanced reasoning, coding, and math

New Deep Search scans hundreds of sources to generate fully cited research reports in minutes — ideal for job hunting, major purchases, or school projects

As Google ramps up its agentic AI efforts, it’s making Search more than just a search box — it’s becoming your full-service digital assistant.

🧠 Meta Raids OpenAI Again — Snags Two Top Researchers Behind Frontier Models

Meta just landed two more elite researchers from OpenAI, according to Wired. Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung, both known for their work on OpenAI’s deep research and reasoning models (o1 and o3), are reportedly joining Meta’s Superintelligence Lab.

 Their OpenAI Slack profiles are already deactivated, and insiders say the two had a tight research partnership dating back to Google — possibly why Zuckerberg hired them as a duo.

Wei is known for chain-of-thought breakthroughs, while Chung focused on reasoning and AI agents — two areas critical to Meta’s AGI ambitions.

 This move continues Meta’s aggressive talent war as it races to catch up with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind—luring elite researchers with big checks and bold promises.

🧠 Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2B Seed Round at $12B Valuation — Is This OpenAI’s New Rival?

Thinking Machines Lab, founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, just closed a massive $2 billion seed round, one of the largest in Silicon Valley history.

The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and joined by Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, and Jane Street, pushing the startup’s valuation to $12 billion — up from the previously reported $10B just weeks ago.

So far, the company has been quiet about its product, but Murati teased a launch in the next few months, including a “significant open source offering” aimed at researchers and startups building custom AI models.

Notably, the startup has already pulled in top talent from OpenAI and struck a compute deal with Google Cloud. With rumors of Meta exploring an acquisition and billions in funding secured, Thinking Machines Lab is being closely watched as a serious contender in the frontier AI race.

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