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Good morning, AI enthusiasts. OpenAI just announced a comprehensive jobs platform launching by 2026, aiming to certify 10 million Americans in AI skills while connecting workers with employers.

How might this reshape the entire talent acquisition landscape as AI transforms every industry?

In today's recap:

• OpenAI announces AI jobs platform for 2026 debut

• Major tech leaders meet at White House dinner

• Apple faces major lawsuit over AI training practices

OPENAI

OpenAI builds AI jobs platform

Recaply: OpenAI plans to launch a new jobs platform by 2026 that uses AI to connect workers with employers. The company wants to help people find jobs that need AI skills while teaching workers how to use artificial intelligence better.

Key notes:

• Platform will launch by mid-2026 to compete with LinkedIn.

• OpenAI plans to certify 10 million Americans in AI skills by 2030.

• Walmart partners with OpenAI for worker training programs.

• Small businesses and local governments get dedicated hiring tracks.

• Workers can earn certifications through ChatGPT Study mode.

Impact: As AI changes the job market, OpenAI positions itself as both the solution provider and skills trainer. This move could reshape how companies find AI talent while helping workers adapt to an AI-driven economy.

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WHITE HOUSE

Trump hosts major tech CEOs at White House

Recaply: President Trump welcomed 33 top technology leaders to the White House on September 4th for a high-profile dinner. The gathering brought together CEOs from Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and OpenAI to discuss AI policy and technology partnerships. Originally planned for the newly renovated Rose Garden, the event moved indoors due to rain.

Key notes:

• Mark Zuckerberg announced a massive $600 billion U.S. investment commitment through 2028.

• Notable attendees included Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Sam Altman, and Sundar Pichai.

• Elon Musk received an invitation but did not attend the gathering.

• The dinner followed Melania Trump's AI education task force meeting earlier that day.

• Tech leaders praised Trump's supportive approach to American technology innovation.

Impact: This dinner signals a major shift in Silicon Valley's relationship with the Trump administration. As AI technology reshapes industries, these partnerships could determine America's leadership in the global tech race.

APPLE

Apple faces lawsuit over AI training books

Recaply: Apple's artificial intelligence development faces a significant legal obstacle as book authors challenge the company's training methods. The class action lawsuit claims Apple used millions of pirated books without permission to build its AI capabilities, setting up a potential courtroom battle over digital rights.

Key notes:

• The lawsuit targets Apple's use of Books3, a controversial dataset known to contain pirated copyrighted material.

• Authors argue Apple built its OpenELM language models using their stolen intellectual property.

• Apple has selectively paid for training content, licensing Shutterstock images while ignoring book authors' rights.

• The case seeks monetary damages and court orders to destroy AI models trained on pirated content.

• Anthropic recently paid $1.5 billion to settle nearly identical claims, suggesting high stakes for Apple.

Impact: This legal challenge could establish important precedents for AI training practices. If successful, it may require companies to obtain explicit permission before using copyrighted works, fundamentally changing how the industry approaches data collection and model development.

NEWS

📰 What matters in AI right now?

• Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors in a landmark copyright settlement for training data use.

• Google added Veo 3 video generation in Google Photos, upgrading its photo-to-video feature with higher-quality clips.

• Switzerland unveiled Apertus, its first fully open-source multilingual AI model comparable to Meta's Llama 3.

• OpenAI reorganized its 14-person Model Behavior team into the larger Post Training group to improve ChatGPT's personality.

• Moonshot AI released Kimi K2-0905, doubling the context window to 256,000 tokens with improved coding capabilities.

• Alibaba launched Qwen3-Max-Preview, a trillion-parameter model with 262,000-token context and faster response times.

• Nvidia unveiled JUPITER, Europe's first exascale supercomputer delivering 90 exaflops of AI performance for climate research.

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