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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Calls Apple’s Trade Theft Lawsuit ‘Baseless’

Sep 1, 2026 · 2m

Summary

OpenAI counters Apple’s lawsuit over alleged data theft by former employees, claiming the suit aims to hinder recruitment and AI development. Meanwhile, John Ternus officially succeeds Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, facing the challenge of revitalizing the company’s lagging AI efforts. In a separate development, Anthic secures a $35 billion cloud computing deal with Lambda, a provider backed by Nvidia, to support its infrastructure needs.

Topics discussed

Intro: AWS AI ad and OpenAI vs Apple lawsuit OpenAI's counter-claims against Apple John Turner named Apple CEO, replacing Tim Cook Apple's AI challenges and foldable iPhone plans Anthropic signs $35B cloud deal with Lambda Nvidia's role in Anthropic's data center deal
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