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Elon Musk has sued Apple and OpenAI, saying they worked together to block his chatbot Grok on iPhones. Google has upgraded NotebookLM with video and audio summaries in 80 languages to help people study worldwide. Meta has hired Apple’s Frank Chu, adding him to its superintelligence labs team. A small pizza shop in Missouri faced chaos after Google’s AI showed fake menu specials.

AI is now shaping lawsuits, learning, jobs, and local business.

In today’s AI Pulse

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• ⚖️ Apple vs xAI vs OpenAI – Musk lawsuit claims secret iPhone deal gave ChatGPT advantage and sidelined Grok.

• 📓 Google’s NotebookLM Speaks 80 Languages – Video and audio overviews now cover 80 global languages for study and research.

• 👨‍💼 Another Apple AI Executive Joins Meta – Frank Chu becomes sixth senior leader moving from Apple to Meta’s superintelligence labs.

• 🍕 Chaos Erupts Over Fake AI Menu – Google AI listed false pizza specials in Missouri, causing customer confusion and staff stress.

• 🧠 AI Tool of the Day – Office Timeline: Project Milestone Template and Timeline Generator

• ⚡ Quick Hits – IN AI TODAY

• 🛠️ Tool to Sharpen Your Skills – 🎓Project Charter Masterclass

• 🧠 Key Quote | Kai-Fu Lee | AI Expert and Author of AI Superpowers

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⚖️ Apple vs. xAI vs. OpenAI: Musk sues Apple and OpenAI over AI competition

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Elon Musk has taken Apple and OpenAI to court in Texas. His AI startup xAI says the two companies worked together to kill competition. The lawsuit says Apple gave OpenAI special access on iPhones and quietly pushed Musk’s chatbot Grok out of sight while directing users to ChatGPT.

📌The Download

• The case was filed on Monday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas. Musk says Apple gave OpenAI an advantage by building ChatGPT directly into Siri and writing tools. This makes it hard for iPhone users to even see other AI apps. The lawsuit says this unfair deal limits choice and controls the market.

• Musk also says Apple kept Grok and X out of the “Must Have” sections of the App Store. Updates were delayed and rankings were changed to hide rivals. According to xAI, this pushed billions of user prompts toward OpenAI, giving it an even stronger lead in generative AI. Musk says Apple is using the App Store to protect its iPhone business.

• xAI and X are asking for billions of dollars in damages, possibly more than one billion. The case follows a separate investigation by the US Department of Justice into Apple’s business practices. OpenAI has already dismissed the lawsuit, calling it part of Musk’s ongoing harassment. Apple has not given any response yet.

💡What This Means for You

This fight shows how access to AI tools can depend on deals between tech giants. If you rely on apps like ChatGPT or Grok, your options may soon be shaped less by quality and more by company politics. The future of AI access could be decided inside courtrooms.

🎥 Google’s NotebookLM Now Speaks 80 Languages

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Google has made NotebookLM much stronger. Video Overviews now work in 80 languages and Audio Overviews in non English are finally as detailed as the English version. Students, researchers and professionals everywhere can now watch or listen to deeper summaries of their sources in their own language.

📌The Download

• NotebookLM Video Overviews first came in English this summer and now they are available worldwide in 80 languages. The tool turns notes and sources into narrated video summaries with slides, diagrams and quotes. This helps learners understand complex topics more quickly.

• Audio Overviews that arrived last year are now upgraded in all supported languages. They are no longer only short highlight clips. Instead, they are full length audio discussions that give richer detail. Users can still choose shorter summaries when they need a quick review.

• The update covers major global and regional languages. It includes French, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic and Swahili. It also includes many Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. The rollout has started today and it will reach all NotebookLM users around the world within the week.

💡What This Means for You

If you use AI to study or prepare quickly, NotebookLM is now more helpful. You can get video and audio overviews in your own language which makes global teamwork and research much easier. AI summaries are now truly open to the world and no longer limited to English.

⚡Another Apple AI Executive Joins Meta’s Dream Team

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Apple has lost another senior AI leader. Frank Chu is leaving after leading Apple’s AI cloud and search work. He is now joining Mark Zuckerberg’s new Superintelligence Labs. The move shows how far Meta will go to build its AI dream team, even while slowing most hiring to cut costs.

📌The Download

• Frank Chu was responsible for Apple’s AI cloud systems, training large language models, and building search features for Siri. He becomes the sixth senior AI executive to leave Apple for Meta. Earlier, Ruoming Pang, who led Apple’s AI models team, also made the same move.

• Chu will now join the infrastructure unit at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, which is run by Alexandr Wang, the former chief of Scale AI. Meta has frozen most hiring, but it still makes room for critical hires. That is why Meta brought Chu in despite its restrictions.

• Reports about hiring slowdown were answered by Wang, who said Meta is still putting huge money into AI. The company is spending billions on Nvidia chips and new cloud deals. In addition, Meta has been offering some recruits pay packages that go as high as 100 million dollars.

💡What This Means for You

The battle for AI talent is growing sharper. If Apple is losing its experts, no company is safe from talent raids. For professionals, this means AI careers will remain in high demand, with high pay and strong competition. The question now is how long Apple can keep up.

🍕 Chaos Erupts as Google AI Invents Fake Menu

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A small pizza shop in Missouri is facing chaos after Google’s AI invented fake specials and menu items. Customers walked in expecting deals that never existed. The mistakes caused anger, confusion, and heavy stress for the staff who had to explain the truth again and again.

📌The Download

• Stefanina’s Pizzeria in Wentzville, Missouri, run by owner Eva Gannon, saw Google’s AI list offers that were not real. It claimed large pizzas cost the same as small ones and invented other deals. Customers believed the AI and demanded those prices, leaving staff unable to meet the false promises.

• With this came long hours of damage control. Workers had to pick up calls, explain that the specials were fake, and calm upset customers. Gannon said the problem was “coming back on us” and draining the team. The restaurant warned on social media that Google AI cannot be trusted for specials.

• Local news stations and tech outlets confirmed the false menus. VICE reported that the errors “turned locals into rabid pizza freaks.” Experts like Professor Jonathan Hanahan from Washington University explained that AI tools can be useful, but people must fact-check. He said AI should never replace direct information from businesses.

💡What This Means for You

AI tools now influence what customers think before they even visit a store. Wrong details can waste time, damage trust, and hurt business. If you rely on Google or AI-powered platforms, be ready to correct mistakes fast. The risk is that AI now tells your story before you do.

AI TOOL OF THE DAY

Office Timeline — Project Milestone Template & Timeline Generator

💡 What It Is?

Office Timeline is a timeline and milestone generator that works inside PowerPoint. It helps you build professional project visuals such as Gantt charts, roadmaps, and milestone slides without heavy formatting. You can either start from scratch or pick from ready-made templates designed for client presentations.

🚀 Why Is It Trending?

Project updates are easier to follow when they are visual. Office Timeline saves hours by turning raw dates into clear slides that teams and executives can understand in seconds. Project managers are using it widely to share progress in a polished and reliable way.

✅ What You Can Do With It?

Create Gantt charts, roadmaps, or swimlane diagrams directly in PowerPoint. Use drag and drop to adjust dates, change layouts, or apply professional themes. Share updated visuals with teams or clients instantly without reworking every slide.

✨ Think deadlines. Think clarity. Office Timeline makes it visual.

IN AI TODAY - QUICK HITS

⚡Quick Hits (60‑Second News Sprint)

Short, sharp updates to keep your finger on the AI pulse.

• 🎓 Anthropic’s New Education Initiative: Anthropic is launching two programs to guide how AI enters classrooms. The first is a Higher Education Advisory Board that will advise on how Claude is used in universities. The second is a set of three AI Fluency courses, created with educators, to help teachers and students build practical AI skills.

• 📱 Google Introduces QR Code Security for Safer Texting: Google is adding a QR code system to its messaging app to confirm if a contact is real. Users can scan the code to verify identities and avoid impersonation. The feature is rolling out in beta, starting with selected testers before wider release.

• 🔎 Perplexity Shares AI Search Revenue With Publishers: Perplexity is launching a $42.5 million program that pays publishers whose content fuels its AI search engine. The startup, positioning itself as a Google rival, says the plan will share ad and subscription revenue with media outlets. The move aims to ease lawsuits and criticism over using publisher content without payment.

• 🚕 Waymo Tests Robotaxis on New York Streets: Waymo has received approval to test its self-driving cars in New York City, one of the toughest driving environments in the world. The trials put its autonomous vehicles on busy streets filled with taxis, cyclists, and pedestrians. This marks a major step as Waymo expands beyond earlier tests in cities like Phoenix and San Francisco.

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