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Issue 248 · July 15, 2026 · 5 min read

AI's biggest partnership just landed in court

Apple is suing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, saying it stole product secrets. The same week, new AI assistants proved they can run a computer for hours, and also wipe one clean.

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The Big Story

Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing the plans for its next device. What happened and why it matters to your business, in plain English.

The Research

3 new research findings, translated into plain terms:

  • AI tools that read your screen still get it wrong more than half the time
  • When several AIs work together, bad instructions can sneak through in pieces
  • An AI fraud detector that remembers whole conversations caught 97.8% of slow-moving scams

The Discourse

What Matt Shumer, Ethan Mollick, and Gary Marcus said on X this week, and where the consensus is forming.

The Rules

3 government moves on AI worth knowing: federal, state, and global.

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