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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.
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 …
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  —  Apple filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI over allegations of trade secret theft and breach of contract.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple claims OpenAI recruited 400+ ex-Apple employees, including an iPhone engineer who allegedly downloaded confidential hardware files before joining OpenAI  —  Apple Inc. sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging …
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says “we have no interest in other companies' trade secrets”
Megan Morrone / Axios:
Apple alleges that a former Apple engineer kept a work-issued Apple laptop and exploited a bug to access Apple's cloud file storage while employed by OpenAI
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 …
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 …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Privacy advocates, CAA, and SAG-AFTRA slam Meta's Muse Image, which let users create AI images using the likenesses of people with public Instagram accounts
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 …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
SK Hynix closed up 12.76% at $168.01 in its first day of trading on Nasdaq, after raising $26.5B in the largest ever US market debut by a foreign company
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license  —  The U.S. Department of Commerce loosened export controls on the United Arab Emirates on Friday, making it easier to export military items …
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.
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.
Eric Geller / Cybersecurity Dive:
CISA says weak security controls around the use of public GitHub repos allowed a contractor to accidentally leak private cloud access keys and other credentials  —  The agency's blog post came as lawmakers pressed the agency for answers.  —  Weak security controls around the use …
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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to several NYT reporters after the outlet reported on security concerns involving the new Qatari-donated Air Force One

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Letterboxd's owners have held early talks with potential buyers, including Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and PE giant TPG

James Faris / Business Insider:
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Bloomberg:
Analysis: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, the top spenders on new US data centers, collectively added ~$350B in debt over the past five years
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
Andrew Ackerman / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh names Marc Andreessen and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead a task force on the economic impact of new technologies, including AI
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