TechCrunch Daily Crunch Google rolls out AI-powered business calling feature
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Jul 17, 2025 Google unveils an AI-powered business calling feature aimed at streamlining client interactions. Meanwhile, xAI seeks an engineer for quirky anime projects, showcasing unconventional tech hiring trends. The competitive landscape heats up as two prominent OpenAI researchers jump to Meta, shifting the talent dynamics in AI. Innovations in tech startups shine, with Bedrock Robotics securing major funding for autonomous vehicles and Hugging Face stepping into robotics, signaling excitement in the transportation and automation sectors.
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xAI’s Anime AI Companions
- Elon Musk's xAI is developing AI companions including anime-style and characterbots like Annie and Bad Rudy.
- The company is hiring engineers to create AI anime girlfriends as part of its broader mission to aid humanity's knowledge.
Meta’s AI Talent Acquisition
- Meta is recruiting top AI researchers from OpenAI to advance its superintelligence lab.
- This talent acquisition strategy aims to boost Meta's competitiveness in the race for artificial general intelligence.
AI Business Calling Convenience
- Google has launched an AI-powered business calling feature that calls local businesses to fetch information for users.
- This feature aims to save users from the hassle of directly making phone calls themselves.