Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

Ep 817: ChatGPT’s 5.6 Sol, Grok and Meta bounce back and OpenAI’s biggest week ever? And more AI News That Matters

July 13, 2026

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Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging that two former Apple employees stole trade secrets and shared them with OpenAI during the hiring process. The complaint names Tang Tan and Chang Lui, and OpenAI denies any wrongdoing, saying it focused on building its own technology rather than using Apple's secrets. The lawsuit puts one of Apple's most powerful consumer partnerships under the spotlight — Apple still integrates ChatGPT with Siri, though Siri is now also powered by Google's Gemini models. The filing also gave Elon Musk fresh ammunition against Sam Altman; Musk quickly turned Apple's allegations into a public attack on X, calling Altman a "scammer" across several posts. Altman replied by suggesting Musk's renewed fixation showed that GPT-5 must be really good. Neither man is a party to Apple's case, but the exchange adds another layer of tension as SpaceX debuted at a $2.5 trillion valuation while OpenAI submitted its confidential IPO paperwork in June. The lawsuit could impact OpenAI's hardware plans depending on the outcome, and it puts one of Apple's most powerful consumer partnerships under the spotlight.

OpenAI's Big Week: GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT Live, and ChatGPT Work

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:46) **Anthropic's Bad Week Sets the Stage** - Jordan frames the episode around Anthropic's difficult week, contrasting its Fable 5 rollout struggles with OpenAI's successful GPT-5.6 launch and the emergence of new coding competitors.
  • 2 (03:07) **Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets** - Apple filed a lawsuit alleging OpenAI stole trade secrets via two former Apple employees, creating tension in their existing partnership.
  • 3 (06:30) **OpenAI Launches GPT Live Voice Mode** - A new default voice model for ChatGPT that enables natural, real-time conversation with tool use.
  • 4 (11:08) **Grok 4.5 Released via Cursor and xAI** - A new coding-focused model jointly trained with Cursor, offering a much cheaper alternative to Anthropic's Fable 5.
  • 5 (14:50) **Microsoft Starts Using Its Own AI Models in Copilot** - Microsoft is reportedly swapping in its internal MAI models for some Excel and Outlook prompts to save costs.
  • 6 (21:14) **Survey: 69% of Americans Want AI Companies to Share Ownership** - A VeraSight survey shows broad bipartisan support for requiring major AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public fund.
  • 7 (24:58) **Meta's Three-Day AI Blitz: Muse Image, Video, and Spark 1.1** - Meta compressed a year of AI releases into three days, launching new models and its first public API.

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Show Notes

Anthropic had a really bad week. 🥺

First of all, Claude Fable 5 got knocked off at the top by OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol. 

Then? 

Both Meta and Grok came for Anthorpic's API coding pie. 

Yikes. 

But in between the fights for tokens, we also go some big name lawsuits, weird study results and AI that talks to you more like a person than a robot. 

ChatGPT’s 5.6 Sol, Grok and Meta bounce back and OpenAI’s biggest week ever? And more AI News That Matters -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson


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Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. Anthropic Fable Models Release Controversy
  2. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Government Collaboration
  3. Grok 4.5 and Meta Muse Spark Launch
  4. Apple Lawsuit Against OpenAI for Trade Secrets
  5. OpenAI GPT Live Voice Mode Overview
  6. Microsoft Copilot Shifts to Internal AI Models
  7. Meta Muse Image and Video AI Release
  8. Meta Launches Iris Proprietary AI Chip
  9. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Performance Benchmarks
  10. OpenAI ChatGPT Work Desktop Agent
  11. U.S. Survey on AI Company Ownership
  12. Anthropic Fable 5 Model Pricing Challenge




Timestamps:

00:00 OpenAI's busy week and competition

03:17 Apple vs OpenAI controversy

06:55 GPT Live dual-mode voice launch

11:06 Grok 4.5 release and impact

16:06 Microsoft's AI integration in use

19:16 Microsoft Copilot's learning curve challenges

22:34 AI policy and potential wealth distribution

26:36 Comparing AI model pricing

27:54 Meta's AI chip announcement

31:41 OpenAI product competition and updates

37:31 Predicting Fable five's future options

38:17 OpenAI undercutting Anthropic prices


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