Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
Show notes
This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, including text messages showing a former Apple engineer accessing confidential files after leaving for OpenAI. They also dig into GPT-5.6's triple-model launch, Fidji Simo stepping down from her number two role, and Demis Hassabis proposing a federal standards body for frontier AI modeled after financial regulators.
Also in this episode: the White House unveils "Gold Eagle," a Treasury-led AI cyber threat clearinghouse. Nearly 200 economists and Nobel laureates warn that AI could cause unprecedented economic upheaval. Anthropic's new ad campaign unsettles viewers. Meta pulls its Instagram AI image generation tool three days after launch. Plus New York pauses data center permits, Grok Build gets caught uploading entire Git repos, Google Images gets a personalized redesign, and Anthropic launches Claude for Teachers. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Start
0:01:50 - Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Pivotal Case
0:06:44 - OpenAI Unaware of ‘Any Evidence’ Showing Apple Lawsuit Has Merit
0:07:57 - OpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion
0:16:40 - OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Work agent, GPT-5.6 models now available
0:27:09 - OpenAI’s No. 2 Executive to Step Down in Latest Leadership Shake-Up
0:29:54 - A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age
0:32:37 - White House details ‘Gold Eagle’ clearinghouse for AI cyber threats
0:58:55 - New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
1:00:05 - Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
1:01:05 - Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery
1:02:32 - Anthropic is giving teachers free access to premium Claude features, details here
Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
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