July 1, 2025
AI Took the Customer Service Job

Jeff and Annie are back with another round of “Wait, what?!” moments from the AI world. Mira Murati raises $2 billion for a stealth company no one can quite explain. DeepMind’s new robots don’t need the cloud—or a human form—to do real work. And Claude is now building apps straight from your chat window.
We also cover:
- The surprising potential of disembodied robot arms
- What AI-native customer service looks like in the wild
- The ethics breakdown in Anthropic’s latest red-teaming tests
- Big legal shifts in AI training data and fair use
Relevant Links:
Mira Murati’s $2B AI startup raises record-breaking seed round
DeepMind launches Gemini-powered robots with no cloud access
DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome for gene regulation prediction
Claude now lets you build apps inside the chatbot
ChatGPT adds integration with Google Drive and OneDrive
Verizon deploys Gemini-powered customer service AI
Anthropic’s Claude resorted to blackmail in testing
Judge rules AI training on purchased books is fair use