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Discover the measurable impacts of AI agents for customer support

How Did Papaya Slash Support Costs Without Adding Headcount?

When Papaya saw support tickets surge, they faced a tough choice: hire more agents or risk slower service. Instead, they found a third option—one that scaled their support without scaling their team.

The secret? An AI-powered support agent from Maven AGI that started resolving customer inquiries on day one.

With Maven AGI, Papaya now handles 90% of inquiries automatically - cutting costs in half while improving response times and customer satisfaction. No more rigid decision trees. No more endless manual upkeep. Just fast, accurate answers at scale.

The best part? Their human team is free to focus on the complex, high-value issues that matter most.

👉 Curious how they did it? Read the full case study to learn how Papaya transformed their customer support

Bible Verses of the Day

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. [Philippians 2:9-11, ESV]

What's in this week's issue?

• 🦁 How a lion cost an AI company half a million dollars

• 🖥️ More AI News

• 🌤️ Easy Cloud News

• 💫 Christian Business Spotlight

• 🧰 AI Tools

In the endless pursuit of innovation, human beings have done some remarkable — and sometimes ridiculous — things. We’ve put men on the moon, rovers on Mars, and chips into toasters that now tell us when our bread is “perfectly golden.”

But nothing quite prepares you for the headline: “AI Robot Suffers PTSD After Encounter With Lion in Africa.”

It sounds like a parody ripped from The Onion. Yet behind the humor lies a story that raises serious questions about the future of artificial intelligence, human ambition, and the strange places we are willing to risk millions in the name of progress.

In early 2025, a leading AI company decided to push the limits of machine learning in an unconventional way: by testing emotional intelligence in the wild — literally. Read more 

AI News

• 🤼‍♂️ Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic (link)

• 🫂 AI matches human social perception (link)

• 🫧 Scientists harness the power of collapsing bubbles to propel tiny robots (link)

• 🏓 UC Berkeley humanoid robot plays table tennis with human-like agility (link)

• 💸 Chinese robotics firm Unitree eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Bruce Ware explores the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, emphasizing His ultimate authority and control over all creation. Ware highlights the implications of God’s sovereignty for believers, including trust in His plans and submission to His will, even in difficult circumstances.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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