Tuesday’s AI Report

• 1. 🧑‍⚖️ Apple sued over AI training
• 2. 🔏 Protect your online data with Incogni
• 3. 🌍 How AI improved recycling efficiency and safety
• 4. 📝 Train AI agents to uncover opportunities with Agentic Brain
• 5. 🇨🇳 China probes Qualcomm
• 6. 🦿 Qantas hit by massive data breach

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OpenAI AgentKit Review

Partner Column exclusively available in this edition of The AI Report
By Joe Jepsen — UI UX Developer at Agentic Brain

Apple sued over AI training

🚨 Our Report 

Apple faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly using many pirated books to train its Apple Intelligence AI, highlighting growing scrutiny over AI training datasets.

🔓 Key Points

• Neuroscientists claim Apple used illegal “shadow libraries” of copyrighted books, including their own works, to train AI models integrated into iOS devices.

• The lawsuit is part of a broader wave of high-stakes cases targeting tech firms like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta for unauthorized use of copyrighted content in AI training.

• Apple faces potential reputational consequences if the courts rule against it, as the plaintiffs seek both monetary damages and an injunction to prevent further misuse of copyrighted works.

🔐 Relevance 

This case shows the increasing compliance challenges in AI development, signaling that companies must carefully manage training datasets to prevent copyright infringement and potential multi-billion-dollar liabilities. It also sets a precedent that could influence how AI training data is sourced across the industry.

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How AI improved recycling efficiency and safety

• Many recycling facilities struggle with inefficient material sorting, low recovery of recyclables, and safety hazards.

• Penn Waste couldn’t keep up with growing waste volumes, leading to lower purity outcomes and more recyclables ending up in landfills.

• The company deployed Glacier’s AI-powered sorting robots, capable of recognizing 70+ material types and analyzing real-time feedstock data.

• Material recovery results increased, paper and fiber purity improved, and worker safety risks dropped.

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• China’s regulator accused Qualcomm of finalizing its Autotalks acquisition without approval, a direct breach of filing requirements under the country’s strengthened 2022 Anti-Monopoly Law.

• SAMR’s decision to “call in” a below-threshold semiconductor agreement highlights stricter oversight, especially in sensitive tech sectors like chips and EDA.

• Cross-border dealmakers face stronger compliance pressures, needing early China merger screenings, sector risk flags, and coordination with provincial regulators to steer from gun-jumping penalties.

• Qantas confirmed that 5.7M customer records were stolen in a July cyberattack, which targeted a third-party contact center platform used by the airline and several other global companies.

• Most leaked data included names, emails, and frequent-flyer details, though some records also exposed personal information like location, mobile numbers, and dates of birth.

• The airline secured a court injunction to block further data use, but cybersecurity experts warned such orders are largely ineffective, highlighting growing risks to Australia’s aviation and data security sectors.

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