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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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple says OpenAI leadership “normalized” misconduct and OpenAI's hardware business is “rotten to its core by its illegal reliance” on stolen trade secrets
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple claims OpenAI recruited 400+ ex-Apple employees, including an iPhone engineer who allegedly downloaded confidential hardware files before joining OpenAI
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says “we have no interest in other companies' trade secrets”
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
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
Psychologist Peter Gray argues that school stress, not smartphone use, is the main driver of the teen mental health crisis, challenging Jonathan Haidt's thesis  —  An evolutionary psychologist is challenging the popular understanding of kids and technology.
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.
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.
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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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot defends Stanley Druckenmiller's use of AI to write an op-ed, saying “nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Forbes and Shook Research suspend their joint rankings and events as they review a $6M payment from founder RJ Shook to former top editor Randall Lane

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A federal appeals court sets aside an FCC notice that would have let political parties and joint fundraising committees qualify for lowest broadcast ad rates

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Vildana Hajric / Bloomberg:
Circle says it received US regulator approval to start a national digital-currency trust bank, allowing it to offer institutional custody services
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
In preliminary findings, the EU Commission said Facebook's and Instagram's “addictive design” violates the DSA, telling Meta to make changes or risk hefty fines
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