July 2026

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers at the AI startup stole trade secrets to advance its hardware ambitions. Apple claims in the complaint to have uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple," with the misconduct directed by senior leadership including a longtime former Apple

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6, its latest family of models, with improvements across a range of areas including cybersecurity. The release came after the Trump administration cleared the model for public rollout, following a limited preview period during which it had been available only to government-approved organisations. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, called it "the best model

Lovable, an AI coding assistant, is in talks to raise $300 million at a valuation of $13.2 billion, roughly double its previous valuation, according to reporting by Sifted. Menlo Ventures is expected to lead the round. The funding would reflect investor appetite for developer-focused AI tools as the sector matures. Source Prime Intellect, a startup

Forterra, a robotics company, has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine, marking the first operational use of American autonomous ground vehicles in active warfare. The vehicles are conducting reconnaissance and logistics missions in the field. Source Savi, a startup developing AI-powered defences against synthetic media scams, raised $7

Microsoft laid off approximately 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday. The cuts hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest, marking the latest in a series of layoffs at the software maker as it prioritizes spending on artificial intelligence. Source An artificial-intelligence agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware