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

Sep 1, 2026 · 2m

Summary

John Turner officially succeeds Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, tasked with revitalizing the company’s AI strategy amid falling behind rivals. The episode also reveals that Anthic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing deal with Lambda, a provider backed by Nvidia. Additionally, it notes Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone and its existing content partnerships with OpenAI and News Corp.

Topics discussed

AWS AI ad and OpenAI hits back at Apple lawsuit OpenAI claims Apple lawsuit is baseless and hampering recruitment John Turner officially becomes Apple CEO, succeeding Tim Cook Turner's challenge: Leading Apple in the AI era and foldable phones Anthropic signs $3.5B cloud deal with Lambda and Nvidia Nvidia's role in providing compute access and closing ad
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