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Newly unsealed documents in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal internal remarks from Microsoft's Brent Hecht, who predicted the public would eventually see large language model training as unprecedented theft of labor. The filing also cites OpenAI's Greg Brockman acknowledging that ChatGPT can reproduce and complete sentences from NYT articles verbatim.
OpenJev is a browser-based experiment that runs a local AI model entirely on a user's own GPU, with no backend or waitlist required. It lets users compare how quickly a model can read probability scores for a set of allowed options versus generating the same distribution token by token, using models like MiniCPM5 2B or the lighter Qwen3 0.6B for smaller devices.
Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing smaller data center deals in the 20-30 megawatt range, according to sources familiar with the discussions, even as both companies have already signed massive multi-hundred-megawatt and gigawatt infrastructure agreements. Anthropic has explored such deals in the UK and Nordics, while OpenAI has looked at similar opportunities in the Nordics, with talks also reportedly underway for smaller U.S. deployments. OpenAI confirmed it is building a 'diversified compute portfolio' but declined to discuss specific commercial talks; Anthropic did not comment.
WIRED's latest roundup of open-ear headphones tests options across price points, including the Nothing Ear (Open) at $99, JLab Epic Open Sport at $100, EarFun Clip at $70, Shokz OpenFit Pro at $250, and the Suunto Wing 2 at $179. The reviewer is also currently testing the newer, cheaper Shokz OpenRun Air 2 as a potential budget alternative to pricier models.
An independent developer has released PlxNative, a free open-source Plex client built specifically for LG TVs running webOS, aimed at fixing the sluggish menus that plague older sets. Rather than running inside a browser like the official app, it renders its interface natively using Rust and OpenGL while still handing off video playback to the TV's built-in hardware decoder. It can be installed through the Homebrew Channel or sideloaded using LG's Developer Mode and webOS Dev Manager.
A Pew Research Center poll spanning 37 countries found that a median of 46% of respondents believe artificial intelligence will destroy more jobs than it generates. Only 9% of those surveyed expect AI to result in a net increase in employment.
Security researchers at HacktronAI combined a flaw in the libheif image decoder used by ImageMagick with an SSO identity issue on OpenAI's Discourse-based community forum to gain remote code execution and admin access on community.openai.com. Using that foothold, they took over multiple OpenAI employees' ChatGPT and Codex accounts and, to prove access without touching sensitive data, opened a pull request in OpenAI's internal monorepo. The whole process from discovery to internal repo access took under 72 hours.
A new open-source tool called Orbital stores an AI coding project's context—goals, decisions, and in-progress files—locally rather than inside a single agent's session. This lets developers switch between tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor mid-task without re-explaining prior work, and setup takes under five minutes using an existing API key.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman denied OpenAI's request to access the confidential terms of a settlement between X, SpaceX AI, and Apple in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit. X and SpaceX AI plan to drop their claims against Apple after reaching the deal, but the case continues against OpenAI. Pittman reviewed the agreement privately and concluded it holds no information pertinent to the remaining dispute.
An independent bug-hunting security research team exploited Anthropic's Claude AI model to gain unauthorized access to OpenAI's internal code repository. The incident highlights how advanced AI tools can be weaponized to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in rival companies' systems.
Omdia data show Apple shipped 16.8 million true wireless stereo earbuds in Q2 2026, up 1.2% year over year, giving it 20.5% market share even as the overall TWS category shrank 0.7%. Meanwhile, the open wireless stereo segment—clip-on and ear-hook designs that leave the ear canal open—grew 12%, led by Shokz with a 10.3% share after 107.9% growth.
The Information reports that OpenAI is working toward claiming a solution to the Hodge Conjecture, one of mathematics' famous unsolved problems, but is largely focused on how to announce such a result without further angering the math community. This comes amid ongoing tension between OpenAI and mathematicians over prior claims about AI's mathematical capabilities.