Sam Altman's all good, very bad week

This week, Stephen and Daniel recount OpenAI's highs (GPT 5.6's success) and lows (being sued by Apple) over the past week.

Plus, Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro is delayed and the company risks falling too far behind the competition, particularly as Chinese competitors like Moonshot's Kimi K3 are catching up to Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol.

Finally, we talk smartphones and the many pressures of competing in the US. With OnePlus closing up shop and Google's Pixel line struggling for market share, are we resigned to a two-horse race?

Show notes and links:

What Is GPT-5.6? OpenAI's Three-Model Tier System ExplainedThe Wildest Allegations in Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against OpenAI - TechcrunchGoogle Gemini 3.5 Pro Launch Delayed as Model Falls Short of Internal Goals - BloombergKimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence — Moonshot AI's 2.8 Trillion Parameter ModelGoogle Releases First Pixel 11 Teaser, Officially Reveals Pixel Glow - 9to5GoogleOnePlus Officially Shutting Down in the US and Europe - 9to5Google

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