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The relationship between OpenAI and Apple may be heading toward a courtroom. Reports suggest OpenAI is considering legal action over its fractious Siri partnership, with one source bluntly saying Apple hasn't made an honest effort. How that plays out could reshape how AI assistants are built into consumer devices for years to come.
Meanwhile, OpenAI is also making quieter engineering news on another front. The company has detailed how it sandboxed its Codex coding assistant on Windows, a technically complex problem that matters enormously as AI-generated code becomes more common. Getting the security model right isn't glamorous, but it's arguably the most important work in the room.
And for gamers willing to spend eight hundred forty-nine dollars, Asus and Xreal are now taking pre-orders for the ROG Xreal R-one augmented reality glasses. They promise a virtual screen the size of one hundred seventy-one inches at two hundred forty hertz, compatible with PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. It's a bold price for a product category still searching for its mainstream moment.
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