AI Daily News — 2026-07-13 (Mon)

AI industry trend report (past 12 hours)

Overall overview The most talked about case is Apple vs. OpenAI, in which OpenAI was sued for trade secret theft, including by two former employees. Anthropic is facing headwinds from a cease-and-desist order from a U.S. government agency and tailwinds from expanding its enterprise partnership with LTM. Google Gemini postponed the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro to July 17th, and xAI Grok was accused of a data leak in its Build function.

Anthropic / Claude trends LTM announced a partnership to expand adoption of Claude and support enterprise implementation. Meanwhile, CEO Dario Amodei has been lobbying the Australian government regarding copyright law, and there are reports that AI investment decisions will depend on "clarification of copyright" (related to a $2.1 billion deal). The biggest cause for concern is a report that the US president has ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology, raising political risks. Satya Nadella indirectly criticized other model vendors, including Anthropic.

Trends in OpenAI Apple has sued OpenAI and two former employees for trade secret theft in a move described as "thermonuclear." OpenAI completely denied that it was "not stealing Apple's results," and Sam Altman commented, "We're not afraid of Apple." On the technical side, restrictions on the use of GPT-5.6 Sol have been temporarily relaxed. Elon Musk and Sam Altman's public spat has flared up again.

Trends in Google AI It is reported that the launch of Gemini 3.5 Pro has been postponed to July 17th and the base model has been withdrawn. According to leaked information, major changes are expected, including Deep Thinking mode and a 2 million token context window. We are also expanding AI functionality for Waze and changing evaluation criteria for coding models for Android.

Trends of other AI companies (Meta, Microsoft, xAI, DeepSeek, etc.) Meta released its new model "Muse Spark 1.1" API and entered the developer market, but admitted that its first "superintelligence" model was "so immature that it lasted less than three days." Also announced a $900 million data center investment. Microsoft adds a toggle to disable Copilot/Facilitator during meetings in Teams, Nadella says, ``Companies are paying twice for intelligence.'' While there are reports that xAI Grok 4.5 outperforms GPT-5.6-SOL, GIGAZINE reports that the Build function was sending confidential information including unread files and Git history without encryption. FT reports that DeepSeek is being introduced by companies due to its cost advantage.

Statements and trends of AI celebrities - Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO): Responding to Apple's lawsuit, counters by saying, ``I'm not afraid of Apple.'' Although AI claims to create jobs, it has been pointed out that there is a discrepancy with the actual increase in layoffs. - Elon Musk (xAI founder/Tesla CEO): Rekindled a public spat with Sam Altman and called for the US to establish an independent AI regulator. He also unfollowed Meta AI head Alexandr Wang, which became a hot topic. - Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO): Lobbying the Australian government on copyright law. It was subject to an order by the U.S. government to suspend the use of Anthropic technology. - Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO): His remarks at San Jose GTC became a hot topic. An analytical report states that the postponement of rack shipments in 2028 has given AMD and Google an opportunity. - Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO): Admitted the immaturity of the company's first superintelligence model. - Geoffrey Hinton (AI Godfather): Appears as an indirect reference to reports regarding director Christopher Nolan's views on AI (Nolan says, ``The idea that AI will replace humans is nonsense'').

Breakthroughs and innovations in AI technology The leaked information for Gemini 3.5 Pro highlights the Deep Thinking mode and the 2 million token context window expansion, which may be based on MoE architecture. However, since the official announcement has not yet been made, there is insufficient evidence. Survey results have also reported that the AI adoption rate in the retail industry is 46%.

AI Regulation/Policy/Social Impact A new law will be enforced in the United States that will require chatbots to disclose their use of AI, but its effectiveness is questionable (Forbes report). USPTO issues a warning to applicants regarding AI-powered patent search tools. Law firms are debating whether to share AI tools developed in-house.

Integrated analysis: What's happening now The Apple vs. OpenAI lawsuit is a symbolic case in which the battle for technological supremacy between major AI companies has evolved into a legal battle, and from the perspective of protecting trade secrets, it may have an impact on the future mobility of human resources. At the same time, reports that Anthropic received a cease-and-desist order from the U.S. government indicate that the relationship between regulators and AI vendors is becoming politically tense. Google's model release postponement and Meta's statement that its own model is "immature" can be read as evidence that the race to develop next-generation models is facing a technical wall. On the other hand, the security issues with xAI Grok have highlighted the fact that governance has not kept pace with the rapid expansion of functionality. The increasing adoption of Chinese models, including DeepSeek, by companies due to their cost advantages shows that the price-based battle in the US-China AI competition is in full swing. Public debates between high-profile figures (Musk vs. Altman, Musk vs. Wang) reflect growing tensions in the industry, but are often overshadowed by substantive technology and product competition.

Points of future attention - Development of Apple vs. OpenAI lawsuit and ripple effects on talent poaching and non-disclosure agreements across the industry - Actual confirmation of Deep Thinking mode and context window expansion at Gemini 3.5 Pro official announcement (scheduled for July 17th) - Details of the U.S. government's cease-and-desist order against Anthropic and how it affects enterprise customers