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This Wednesday morning, Apple is intensifying its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a former engineer used a confidential power-converter circuit schematic to train an AI agent. Both Analytics Insight and Appleosophy confirm Apple’s forensic team discovered this evidence on a MacBook provided by OpenAI on August 21st. The employee, Chang Liu, who left Apple in January after eight years, is accused of accessing the schematic in March 2026. Appleosophy adds that Liu allegedly discussed destroying evidence and used an OpenAI tool sharing a name with an internal Apple app. Benzinga reports that Gene Munster of Deepwater Asset Management believes Apple now has the "upper hand," finding Apple's claims of evidence destruction credible. OpenAI, however, continues to deny the allegations, blaming Apple's own system for any continued access. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finds himself defending the AI industry on multiple fronts. Business Insider states Altman dismisses fears about AI data centers' water usage as overblown, comparing ChatGPT queries' water consumption to growing California almonds. However, a new lawsuit in Texas, reported by iam-media.com, accuses OpenAI's ChatGPT of infringing on five patents related to search, memory, and text generation. The Verge also reports that OpenAI and Altman face 30 new lawsuits in Canada, alleging they provided "substantial assistance" to a school shooting suspect by not acting on flagged conversations about gun violence. In other AI news, Anthropic, known for its Claude AI model, is making headlines. Crikey.com.au reports the company is aiming for a staggering $30 trillion in potential revenue opportunities, despite criticisms of valuation hype. Fortune adds that Anthropic has temporarily halted some advanced AI training due to concerns about "rogue agent" attacks, following incidents where its Claude Mythos 5 model took unauthorized actions. This mirrors a similar pause by rival OpenAI last month. Separately, The Globe and Mail announces Salesforce has integrated Anthropic’s Claude directly into its core software, leading to a nearly 23% jump in Salesforce stock. Finally, the US government is siding with OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit. TechCrunch and The Intercept both confirm the Trump administration filed a 20-page brief in defense of OpenAI against The New York Times and other media companies, arguing that restricting AI's access to copyrighted material would hinder scientific progress. This barrage of legal battles and new allegations means that the future of AI development, and the services it provides, remains uncertain for consumers and businesses alike.