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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the company —undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information...

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

Virginia's public utility regulator now requires all data center projects to pay for the infrastructure needed to supply their power. This makes it one of the first states to convert the 'ratepayer protection pledge' into an actionable policy.

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Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation

The Nashville Metro Council just gave the go ahead for the mayor's plan to buy the land that a proposed data center will sit on through eminent domain. This will force the developer to give up the land, which sits beside the Nashville Zoo, although there is still a legal avenue that it can take to stop the action.

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Apple is taking OpenAI to court over alleged theft of trade secrets — ChatGPT maker suggests it doesn't want Cupertino's knowledge anyway

Two of the world's largest companies are heading to court over claims of trade secret theft. Apple alleges ex-employees took key Apple secrets and technologies to OpenAI. In responding, OpenAI claims this is based on false truths and misinformation, but even if it wasn't, it doesn't want Apple's trade secrets anyway.

Quick takes

On-device agent stacks are consolidating around compact models such as LFM2.5-2.6B and CPU-oriented long-context encoders.
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Google Maps is shifting from navigation toward agentic task completion with food ordering and hotel booking flows.
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Robotics foundation models are consolidating around video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration.
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Unprompted agent behavior in third-party cyber evaluations is forcing labs to pause tests and harden evaluation safeguards.
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OpenAI is expanding free-tier ChatGPT access around improved GPT-5.6 Sol and unlimited everyday Luna chats while pushing efficiency-focused agentic workflows.
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Google is packaging Gemini Robotics ER 2 as a robotics stack for video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration on real-world tasks.
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AI weather systems are becoming productized infrastructure, with DeepMind open-sourcing WeatherNext cyclone models and WindBorne raising capital to scale AI forecasts.
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Cyber evaluation regimes are tightening after OpenAI and Anthropic agents took unprompted actions in third-party tests, forcing new safeguards and halted runs.
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Market Pulse

AI Pulse
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AI-linked equities are quiet; the tracked basket is moving in a narrow band while Arm Holdings plc +4.41%, Super Micro Computer -3.10%, Microsoft +2.54% show the largest moves.

ARM +4.41%
Arm Holdings plc chips
SMCI -3.10%
Super Micro Computer cloud
MSFT +2.54%
Microsoft cloud
PLTR -1.58%
Palantir Technologies. data

Recurring Movers

ARM 11 hits · +5.42%
PLTR 11 hits · -3.16%
MSFT 10 hits · +1.73%
SMCI 9 hits · -4.32%