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Applied AI·August 6, 2026·1 min read

OpenAI Asks Judge to Toss Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit

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OpenAI’s move to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets suit is as much about limiting discovery as it is about winning the case—no lab wants its hiring and hardware strategy unpacked in court. For operators, assume IP disputes around AI talent and model integration will rise; tighten your own documentation on what’s proprietary and how it’s protected.

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OpenAI signs a 20-year, 10GW data center deal in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy; Nvidia agrees to backstop a portion of the value of the completed data center

A 20-year, 10 GW data center commitment in Ohio — with Nvidia backstopping part of the value — turns AI compute into long-dated energy infrastructure, not just cloud spend. If you’re building on frontier models, your real dependency is now regional power and transmission; start mapping where your workloads sit relative to these emerging hubs.