Apple vs OpenAI Gets Ugly, GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Cracks a 50 Year Math Mystery in an Hour
Today we’re covering the biggest AI stories of July 13th, 2026. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, its hardware chief Tang Tan, and its io devices unit, alleging that a poaching spree of over 400 former Apple employees turned into a pipeline for stolen hardware secrets, with one ex Apple engineer allegedly texting a colleague that gaining unauthorized access to confidential files was “so funny,” and Apple asking the court to force a redesign of OpenAI’s unreleased Jony Ive led device. Just one day after launch, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra spun up 64 parallel subagents and produced an AI…
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