On Monday, July 13, 2026, the AI world absorbed a week of seismic developments: OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol family cleared a historic U.S. government review and went public; Apple filed a bombshell trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI threatening its IPO; Gemini 3.5 Pro loomed on the horizon; China weighed model export curbs; Meta admitted its AI reorganization had stalled; and the EU AI Act's enforcement clock began its final countdown. Stories: GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra & Luna Go Wide — Benchmarks Rewrite the Frontier · Beijing Holds Talks on Curbing Overseas Access to China's Top AI Models · Apple Sues OpenAI — 41-Page Complaint Names Hardware Chief Tang Tan · OpenAI Targets September IPO at $730B — Apple Lawsuit Clouds the S-1 · Anthropic Tops OpenAI on Revenue — $47B ARR vs. $25–33B · Google Confirms Gemini 3.5 Pro for July 17 — 2M Tokens, Quarter the Price of Sol · Zuckerberg Admits AI Agent Progress Is Behind Schedule · Tech Has Cut 123,000 Jobs in 2026 — AI Blamed for 16,000 Layoffs a Month · EU AI Act Enforcement Goes Live August 2 — Fines Now Possible for Foundation Models · UN Scientific Panel Warns AI Is Outpacing Governments' Ability to Adapt.