Anthropic’s legal win, neurotech bets & more (June 25, 2025)

Hey there,

You can feel it, right? The AI world isn’t just moving fast, it’s colliding. Courtrooms are shaping the future of model training, robots are breaking free from the cloud, and ChatGPT just might be coming for Microsoft’s lunch.

Let’s dive in 👇

🚀 AI Arms Races & Corporate Shifts

🏰 OpenAI's Workspace Goes After Microsoft

OpenAI is building a full productivity suite inside ChatGPT, with real-time document collaboration, file uploads, team chat, and connectors for tools like Dropbox and Google Drive. It’s basically coming straight for Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, all while tensions rise between OpenAI and Microsoft over customer churn.

📚 Anthropic’s “Fair Use” Victory… With a Warning

A federal judge ruled that Anthropic’s use of legally purchased books to train Claude qualifies as fair use, a big precedent for AI companies. But the 7M pirated books in its training data? Not so lucky. Anthropic will go to trial in December for those, with potential damages up to $150K per book.

🤖 Gemini 2.5 Brings Robots Offline

Google DeepMind's new VLA (Vision-Language-Action) model lets robots run locally without an internet connection. Robots can now understand scenes, devise task plans, and act on voice commands, all in real time. Think warehouse bots, home helpers, and chore-doers that don’t need the cloud to work.

🧠 Tools, Prompts & Experiments

🖼️ Google’s Imagen 4 Now Free in AI Studio

Google just opened access to Imagen 4, their most detailed and photorealistic image model yet, for free in the Gemini API and AI Studio. It nails spelling, complex prompts, and artistic styles. A pro-tier version, Imagen 4 Ultra, is also available for developers and creatives who want to push the limits.

🧠 Reid Hoffman Funds Neurotech Startup

The LinkedIn co-founder just invested $12M in a company building AI-guided ultrasound helmets to treat anxiety and depression at home, no implants required. It’s a softer counterpoint to Neuralink and shows growing interest in braintech from top tech billionaires.

🔍 XBOW AI Tops Hacker Leaderboard

Autonomous red-teaming startup XBOW outperformed every human on HackerOne’s leaderboard. It finds software vulnerabilities faster, cheaper, and at scale, already attracting $75M in new funding.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

🗂️ Dynbox – Chat with your cloud & local files
✂️ Slashit – AI typing shortcuts for productivity
🧑‍🎓 Supawork – AI-generated headshots for your resume
🎨 Pixlr – All-in-one AI photo editing and generation
🤝 Pally – Merge all your social connections with AI

💬 Prompt of the Day

Brutally Honest Growth Advisor

I want you to act as my brutally honest, high-level advisor... tell me exactly what I’m doing wrong, where I’m wasting time, and how to level up — no fluff.

⚡ Quick Hits

Warp launches AI-native coding environment
ChatGPT iOS downloads near TikTok levels (29M+ in 28 days)

📬 TLDR

AI just hit the courtroom and the boardroom. Anthropic’s mixed fair use ruling sets the tone for future lawsuits, while OpenAI’s new Workspace tools take aim at Microsoft and Google. It’s AI everywhere, for everything.

See you tomorrow,
David