Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI over trade secret theft, alleging that OpenAI employees, including former Apple VP Tan, misappropriated confidential project data. The suit seeks to bar OpenAI from using Apple’s secrets.
Oratomic raises $300M in Series A co-led by ARCH, Spark, Khosla to build utility-scale quantum computer needing only 10,000-20,000 qubits, bypassing NISQ stage.
A study of 229 fans shows heart rate jumps from 70.9 to 78.7 BPM, stress increases 41%, and stadium fans reach 108 BPM after a goal. Alcohol amplifies effects.
OpenAI announces GPT 5.6 as the preferred model for Microsoft Copilot 365 after Bloomberg reported Microsoft was using in-house MAI models to cut costs.
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 executive, steps down due to medical leave. She transitioned to advisory role. Impact on IPO and enterprise AI race with Anthropic.
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner steps down amid sexual assault allegations and Nazi tattoo controversy. Threads reaches 500M users. Trump T1 phone finally ships after delays.
Meta publicly launched Muse Spark 1.1 on July 9, 2026, a multimodal AI model for agentic coding at competitive rates, competing with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Meta’s MTIA AI chips will enter production in September 2026, designed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC, aiming to reduce GPU costs amid a shortage.
Anthropic’s Claude Reflect dashboard lets users visualize AI usage patterns, promotes mindful engagement, and subtly encourages deeper integration. Launched July 9, 2026.
Open-source AI tool Ollama raises $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures, grows to 8.9M monthly developers and 85% Fortune 500 adoption.