Apple is suing OpenAI after former iPhone engineer Chang Liu allegedly defected to OpenAI's hardware division, stealing a company MacBook, exploiting a software bug to access Apple's internal servers, and using a current Apple employee to continue leaking proprietary secrets.
OpenRouter launches the Pareto Router, a free tool that automatically picks the most cost-efficient coding AI model based on a user-defined quality threshold, with session stickiness to ensure consistent results across multi-turn conversations.
A new open-source AI framework called ACRouter launches on GitHub, intelligently routing coding tasks across multiple AI models to optimize both performance and cost, complete with a benchmark dataset, Hugging Face adapters, and plug-and-play integrations for popular developer tools.
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue warns that Big Tech risks monopolizing AI as open source adoption surges, with nearly half the Fortune 500 now using the platform while enterprises increasingly ditch costly frontier AI APIs in favor of open source models.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, a GPT-5.6-powered autonomous AI agent that executes complex multi-step tasks across email, Slack, GitHub, and calendars for all paid subscribers starting at $20 per month, intensifying a fierce enterprise AI race against Anthropic and Microsoft as OpenAI eyes an IPO valuation of up to $852 billion.
Apple sues OpenAI in a bombshell legal battle, alleging a deliberate pattern of trade secret theft by former employees, including OpenAI's chief hardware officer, who allegedly accessed Apple's systems after leaving and downloaded confidential files on unreleased products.
Meta pulls a newly launched Instagram AI image feature that allowed users to generate images by tagging public accounts, after immediate backlash from critics including the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and SAG, who warn it enables sextortion and abuse.
AI training startup Mercor is in talks to raise funding at a $20 billion valuation after doubling revenue to a $2 billion annualized run rate in just four months, while acquiring AI agent training company Deeptune — signaling a strong rebound after a turbulent early 2026 marked by a data …
Anthropic appoints Nobel Prize-winning former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its Long-Term Benefit Trust, a key independent governance body overseeing the AI company's direction as artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy.
Meta is set to begin production of its custom AI chips in September, developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC, as the tech giant moves to reduce its dependence on Nvidia GPUs while projecting up to $145 billion in capital expenditures this year.