⚖️ xAI sues ex-employee over alleged Trade Secret Theft ⚖️
Former engineer accused of taking Grok AI secrets to OpenAI

xAI has sued former engineer Xuechen Li for stealing trade secrets related to Grok's AI and imaginative features before starting at OpenAI earlier this month. The lawsuit claims that Li transferred sensitive data to OpenAI in July, right after he pocketed around $7M worth of xAI stock. It's the latest salvo in Musk's escalating feud with his former company, underscoring the competitive talent war in the industry.

🧠 Anthropic's Claude Code web version 🧠
New browser-based coding agent coming to compete with OpenAI

Anthropic is preparing a web version of Claude Code that will directly compete with OpenAI's Codex interface. The new platform will give developers direct access to a coding agent through a browser, eliminating the need for local setup. The web version will feature GitHub integration and secure sandboxes where code can be tested safely without requiring local installation. This move represents Anthropic's push to capture more of the developer market currently dominated by OpenAI's coding tools.

🤖 Meta's superintelligence team faces early departures 🤖
ChatGPT co-creator threatens departure amid Scale AI partnership issues

Just months after Mark Zuckerberg invested $14.3B in Scale AI and launched Meta's new AI lab, cracks are already showing. ChatGPT co-creator Shengjia Zhao is reportedly threatening to leave Meta shortly after joining, while Meta's partnership with Scale AI faces significant setbacks. Beyond personnel changes, the Facebook maker is reportedly working with two of ScaleAI's largest competitors, Mercor and Surge, to train its upcoming AI models.

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🩺 New AI stethoscope spots hidden heart problems 🩺

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