AI isn’t just coming for your job. It’s upgrading it. In this episode of 4 Guys Talking About AI, the crew digs into how automation is reshaping the $16 trillion global service industry, freeing up workers from repetitive tasks and boosting both profit and satisfaction.

We explore:
💼 General Catalyst’s multibillion-dollar bet on automating professional services
📞 How Square’s new voice ordering agents are rewriting the rules of customer experience
🏨 The human touch: what a Stockholm hotel taught us about tech-enabled hospitality
🧩 OpenAI’s next move to become the operating system of everything: apps, agents, and commerce included
📊 Why AI adoption keeps climbing despite public hesitation
From law firms to local restaurants, AI’s biggest success stories are happening behind the scenes and are quietly transforming how we serve, sell, and connect.

Links mentioned in this episode:
🔗 The AI services transformation may be harder than VCs think
▶️ LinkedIn Co-Founder Opens Up on the Reality of AI Job Loss
🧠 Generative AI & Adobe Express Report
💳 Square Releases AI
⚙️ Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s AI Device (WIRED)
🚀 OpenAI DevDay
🛍️ OpenAI Partners with Etsy & Shopify / ChatGPT Checkout (Reuters)
📱 Introducing Apps in ChatGPT
🔥 Sora Hits 1M Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT (TechCrunch)
🎬 MPA Issues Statement on OpenAI’s Recent Release of Sora 2
📊 Artificial Intelligence in Daily Life: Views and Experiences (Pew Research)


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🎙️ About the Podcast 4 Guys Talking About AI: Join four industry pros as they explore the latest breakthroughs in AI technology. Each episode delivers fresh insights, expert opinions, and in-depth discussions on the future of AI. Tune in on YouTube and in all your favorite audio-streaming platforms and stay ahead of the curve! 🚀🤖

AI valuations are skyrocketing, money is looping through trillion-dollar cycles, and new research shows frontier models like Claude and GPT-5 are matching human experts in real-world work. In this episode of 4 Guys Talking About AI, our 2 Guys Andy and Greg unpack the latest shifts shaping AI’s future, and what they mean for businesses, workers, and everyday users.

We explore:

• 📈 Anthropic’s $183B valuation and what it means for competitors like Perplexity and Mistral
• 💸 The $100B AI money loop between OpenAI, Oracle, and Nvidia
• 🧑‍💻 AI vs. Humans: how Claude and ChatGPT perform on real professional tasks
• 🌍 The truth about how people are actually using ChatGPT, based on 1.5M conversations
• 🔊 Greg’s firsthand review of Alexa Plus, Amazon’s next-gen voice assistant

Whether you’re an AI skeptic or a power user, this episode gives you the insights you need to understand where the market, the money, and the tools are headed next.

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💬 Which AI assistant do you trust most—Claude, ChatGPT, or Alexa? Drop your thoughts below.

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🔗 Tools & Articles Mentioned in This Episode:

• Anthropic is Now Valued at $183 Billion
• Perplexity Comet
• Gemini in Chrome
• Lovable AI
• V0 (AI builder)
• Bolt.new (instant apps with AI)
• Cursor (AI coding environment)
• How People Are Using ChatGPT
• OpenAI’s Human vs. AI Work Study
• World Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report 2025
• Is AI Taking College Graduate Jobs?

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🎙️ About the Podcast 4 Guys Talking About AI: Join four industry pros as they explore the latest breakthroughs in AI technology. Each episode delivers fresh insights, expert opinions, and in-depth discussions on the future of AI. Tune in on YouTube and in all your favorite audio-streaming platforms and stay ahead of the curve! 🚀🤖

In this episode of 4 Guys Talking About AI, we dig into how everyday AI use is exploding—and what that means for business, government, and consumers.

Chatbots now score 80%+ in accuracy and satisfaction, even showing up in 911 call centers to manage staffing shortages. But not everything is rosy: we dive into AI sycophancy, the dark side of overly flattering bots that may manipulate emotions.

Meanwhile, Google isn’t going anywhere. Despite the AI boom, its stock is up 430% as people still turn to Google for local and brand searches while leaning on AI for top-of-funnel research. And inside companies? Agent-based structures are replacing hierarchies, powered by platforms like N8N—though a new MIT study warns 95% of orgs fail to see ROI from AI deployments.

It’s the messy, fascinating reality of AI in 2025: helpful, manipulative, resilient, and disruptive all at once.

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💬 Would you trust a chatbot with your 911 call? Let us know below.

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🔗 Articles Mentioned in This Episode:

911 Centers Are Turning to AI

The Great Hack 2.0 (IMDB)

AI Sycophancy: Dark Pattern for Profit

Agents Are Killing the Org Chart

Sparktoro AI Research: 20% of Americans Use AI Tools

Alphabet/Google Stock Levels

MIT on GenAI Pilots: 95% Fail to Deliver ROI

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🎙️ About the Podcast 4 Guys Talking About AI: Join four industry pros as they explore the latest breakthroughs in AI technology. Each episode delivers fresh insights, expert opinions, and in-depth discussions on the future of AI. Tune in on YouTube and in all your favorite audio-streaming platforms and stay ahead of the curve! 🚀🤖