Google will now let everyone in the US call local businesses using AI. The feature, which is now available in Search, allows you to use AI for pricing or availability information without having to talk on the phone.

Also coming to AI Mode is Deep Research, the tool Google describes as its most advanced research tool. When using Gemini 2.5 Pro, you’ll see the Deep Research option in the prompt field. By activating Deep Research, you can ask more sophisticated queries and get back more detailed responses.

The US has built three reactors in the past 30 years, but now Westinghouse says it will stand up 10 in partnership with Google. Its last project was seven years late and bankrupt the company.

The researchers argue that CoT monitoring can help researchers detect when models begin to exploit flaws in their training, manipulate data, or fall victim to malicious user manipulation. Any issues that are found can then either be “blocked, or replaced with safer actions, or reviewed in more depth.”

Researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group said that hackers are compromising SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances, which sit at the edge of enterprise networks and manage and secure access by mobile devices.

Just like with Google Search years ago, trying to improve AI-generated responses on behalf of noteworthy clientele has become the name of the game.

Google will expand AI data centers across PJM, the nation’s largest grid, targeting surging compute demand in regions like Virginia and the Midwest.