Apple sues OpenAI in federal court, accusing the AI company of orchestrating corporate espionage through senior leadership, including a former 24-year Apple veteran, allegedly stealing trade secrets, downloading confidential documents, and coaching employees to evade security protocols.
Apple sues OpenAI in federal court, alleging former employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu systematically stole trade secrets, smuggled hardware, and exfiltrated confidential data to fuel OpenAI's hardware ambitions, demanding destruction of stolen information and damages that could derail OpenAI's push into smart glasses, wearable pendants, and camera-equipped earbuds.
As agentic AI systems take hold in enterprises, organizations are urgently demanding greater control over data, model deployment, and regulatory compliance, with IBM's Sovereign Core emerging as a key solution offering security, compliance evidence, and deployment flexibility within an organization's own boundaries.
Anthropic extends Claude Fable 5 access and boosts Claude Code rate limits by 50% through July 19 for all paid subscribers, as the company battles OpenAI competition following Fable 5's rocky launch, which saw a 19-day U.S. government suspension before access was restored July 1.
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.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna — boasting a 54% efficiency boost on coding tasks — as the $852 billion company battles rising competition from Meta and SpaceX while quietly filing confidential IPO paperwork with regulators.
Ex-OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo, who previously warned of AI-driven extinction, now proposes a hopeful global plan to pause development of superhuman AI until 2040, paired with radical transparency measures — though he admits major resistance from AI companies is expected.
Alibaba bans employees from using Anthropic's Claude tools starting July 10, switching to its own AI assistant Qoder, after Anthropic accuses the Chinese tech giant of conducting the largest known AI distillation attack, escalating tensions as Anthropic moves to cut off Chinese firms from accessing its models through third-country loopholes.
Meta rolls out a smart glasses update that automatically disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, responding to growing misuse concerns including harassment incidents, facial recognition backlash, and rising bans at public venues.
The US and China are imposing mutual AI export controls on advanced models like GPT-5.6 and Chinese lab offerings amid security concerns, but experts say quiet cooperation between American and Chinese AI developers will likely continue, as restrictions are expected to target only the most cutting-edge models while open-weight alternatives …