Google’s Duplex AI can book your haircut appointments

It’s not certain just when haircut bookings rolled out, or why it took so long. We’ve asked Google for comment.

As VB notes, this expansion might be coming at a crucial moment. Google originally billed Duplex as a help for businesses that wanted to reach people online, but didn’t have internet booking systems. With the pandemic greatly limiting business, the AI helper could help find valuable customers for hair salons that might otherwise lose clients.

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