July 12, 2026

This Week in Tech 1092: You Brought a Knife to a Wolf Fight

3 hours 26 minutes

Apple is suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets, sparking a heated debate about AI, hardware ambitions, and Silicon Valley's shifting alliances. Leo, Wesley, Lou, and Patrick tackle what Apple's legal gambit could mean for OpenAI's IPO and the future of AI development.

Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Blockbuster Case

Apple's OpenAI lawsuit highlights broader tensions

Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams

Claude Fable 5 promotional access

Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial

Meta Removes A.I. Feature on Instagram After Days of Backlash

Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment

Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter 'Addictive Design' of Instagram and Facebook

The backlash against Sony ditching PlayStation discs is not slowing down

Colibrì proof-of-concept gains frontier-level 1.5-TB AI model — novel approach runs on only 25GB of RAM and shows promise for local AI setups

Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

Waymo says some of its robotaxis ran out of power during San Francisco's July 4 gridlock and had to be towed

Zombie 'who owns Unix?' lawsuit comes alive again

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Louis Maresca, and Patrick Beja

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