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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's OpenAI lawsuit follows months of simmering tensions and highlights OpenAI's hardware chief Tang Tan's strained relationship with former boss John Ternus — When iPhone engineer Chang Liu quit for a job at OpenAI's nascent hardware division, Apple Inc. says he left with more than just years of experience.
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Forums: r/apple, r/siliconvalley, r/law, r/ArtificialInteligence, and r/tech_x
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging that ex-Apple employees stole “Apple's trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI”, and says OpenAI never responded to its concerns — Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, accusing the company of trade secret theft.
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| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware aspirations for years, or possibly forever, as the startup gets into yet another controversy and messy divorce — If their lawsuit is successful, that ChatGPT device may be no more... We all know the old saying “don't poke the bear.”
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| CNBC: |
Apple alleges that Tang Tan, OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a former Apple VP, has directed Apple staffers interviewing at OpenAI to share Apple secrets — Apple on Friday sued OpenAI in federal court in Northern California, alleging trade secret theft, saying that the artificial intelligence lab took …
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
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| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
| Corbin Bolies / Variety: |
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism — Meta said it will discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism …
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| New York Times: |
How members of the extremist group Boko Haram are using AI chatbots to design explosives, fix or upgrade weapons, and brainstorm attack ideas — A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds.
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| Reuters: |
SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung says the memory industry is heading for its worst-ever supply shortage in 2027 and demand will outstrip supply beyond 2030 — SK Hynix (000660.KS) Chief Executive Kwak Noh-jung said the global memory industry is heading for its worst-ever supply shortage in 2027 … | Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail the Trump admin's heavy-handed intervention to aid Intel, including pushing it to expand local capacity and pressuring Apple to use Intel's fabs — The chip maker's business is improving, with government twisting the arms of potential customers and partners including Apple and Nvidia| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Filing: Google urged the European Commission not to target DNS resolvers, VPNs, or IPs to fight piracy, calling the measures ineffective and easily circumvented — Google has told the European Commission that pirate site blocking causes “significant harm” and should not target DNS resolvers, VPNs or shared IPs.| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
OpenAI's head of safety, Johannes Heidecke, is leaving as OpenAI integrates its research and safety teams; Mia Glaese will become VP of research and safety — Johannes Heidecke's departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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| Bloomberg: |
Phia, a shopping app co-founded by Phoebe Gates that has raised $43.5M, appears to be using fake clicks or “cookie stuffing” to claim affiliate commissions — Phia, an advertising startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates, daughter of billionaire Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates …
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LinkedIn: Mark Andres and Olivia Solon
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| Guillermo Gallacher / Indeed Hiring Lab: |
US software development job postings on Indeed have grown by ~15% since the launch of Claude Code in February 2025, while overall job postings fell by 7% — Agentic AI may be flipping the relationship between AI exposure and job posting growth. — Key points:| Max Spero / Pangram Labs: |
An analysis of 1M+ social media posts from April 24 to June 30: ~25% of longform posts with 250+ words were fully AI-generated; on LinkedIn, the figure was 41% — A first look at analytics from our Pangram Chrome extension — Two months ago, we launched our Chrome extension to help combat the rising slop problem on social media.
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LinkedIn: Mike Schoonover and Dustin Volz
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: activist investor Elliott has built a large stake in car insurance software maker CCC, which is exploring a potential sale and has a ~$3.5B market cap — Elliott Investment Management has built a large stake in car-insurance software provider CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. …
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