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1/ Anthropic Slept Over, Ate Everything, and Didn’t Pay—Reddit Sues

Reddit just hit Anthropic with a lawsuit, claiming the AI startup scraped its platform over 100k times—even after saying it had stopped. Reddit says Anthropic dodged a licensing deal (like the ones it made with OpenAI and Google) and still trained Claude on Reddit threads. They’re calling out Anthropic for playing nice in public but doing the opposite behind the scenes. With Sam Altman owning a chunk of Reddit and Anthropic recently throwing shade at OpenAI’s allies, this could be more than just a copyright fight—it’s starting to look like an AI turf war.

2/ Apple’s AI ‘Gap Year’—And the Silence Is Loud

Apple’s WWDC might be a bit of a letdown for AI fans — Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says it’s shaping up to be a “gap year” with big breakthroughs pushed to 2026. They’ll open up smaller AI models to devs and rebrand existing tools as “AI-powered,” but nothing groundbreaking is expected. Siri’s revamp, Project Mulberry, and their ChatGPT rival? Still in limbo. Even their more powerful 150B model is stuck in testing limbo over accuracy issues and exec disagreements. Basically, Apple’s playing catch-up while others keep sprinting ahead.

3/ Perplexity Labs Is Basically ChatGPT for Power Users

Perplexity just dropped Labs—a new mode made for tackling complex stuff like building apps, trading strategies, deep-dive reports, dashboards, or even designing full campaigns. It basically acts like your mini creative + research team in one spot, mixing codegen, image gen, and deep research together. You can even use it for headless browsing tasks (real estate nerds, rejoice) or spin up web apps and storyboards. Oh, and they quietly rolled out hotel discovery + booking too—powered by Stripe.

4/ The New York Times Just Alexa-fied Its Archive

The New York Times just signed its first-ever AI licensing deal — and it’s with Amazon, not OpenAI. The multi-year partnership lets Amazon use NYT articles, recipes, and sports content to train AI models and power Alexa features, with proper attribution and links. It’s a major shift for a company that’s been suing others over AI use, but clearly the tide’s turned. Even the loudest critics are now cashing in on the AI boom.

5/ OpenAI Just Shot Its Shot at Google Chrome

OpenAI says it’d totally be down to buy Google Chrome—if the courts ever force Google to sell it. The comment came during a major antitrust trial where the DOJ is trying to break up Google’s dominance in online search. Google’s not having it, insisting Chrome isn’t up for grabs and calling the lawsuit bogus. OpenAI previously tried partnering with Google (no luck), and now it’s riding with Microsoft and Bing. Meanwhile, Google’s flexing Gemini, and OpenAI might even be cooking up its own social network. The AI wars just keep getting juicier.

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