Interesting, but I’m not sure I’d be comfortable using it. What if their AI sells me something I didn’t want?

https://www.makeuseof.com/google-ask-for-me-ai-call-local-business/

Google’s New Ask for Me Feature Saves Time By Using AI to Call Local Businesses

… The internet is great for finding information. But sometimes, you still need to place an old-fashioned phone call to find the exact price and availability for a particular service from a business.

Ask for Me is made to do all of that work for you. The feature will appear when you search for something like “oil change near me" on the search engine.

It’s currently being tested with auto shops and nail salons.

Be prepared.

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/top-5-ai-powered-social-engineering.html

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks

Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There's no brute-force 'spray and pray' password guessing. No scouring systems for unpatched software. Instead, it simply relies on manipulating emotions such as trust, fear, and respect for authority, usually with the goal of gaining access to sensitive information or protected systems.

Traditionally that meant researching and manually engaging individual targets, which took up time and resources. However, the advent of AI has now made it possible to launch social engineering attacks in different ways, at scale, and often without psychological expertise. This article will cover five ways that AI is powering a new wave of social engineering attacks.