Apple loses bid to pause app store reform order in Epic Games case; Reddit sues Anthropic; Amazon to test humanoid robots for delivery
Apple loses bid to pause app store reform order in Epic Games case
Apple has failed to convince a U.S. appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge's order that demanded that the company open up the App Store to more competition. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Apple's request to put the provisions on hold as the iPhone maker appeals the order. The judge found Apple in contempt of a previous injunction order she issued in the Epic Games lawsuit. Apple responded saying they were disappointed with the decision not to stay the district court's order and that they will continue to argue the case during the appeals process. On April 30, the judge ordered Apple to end several practices including a new 27% fee that Apple imposed on app developers when customers purchase an app from outside the App Store. The court also restricted Apple from stopping developers placing links to make purcahses outside of an app. Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney wrote in a post on X post the ruling that the 'long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended.' Apple has seen a sudden increase in competition since the injunction was issued as developers updated apps with 'better payment methods, better deals, and better consumer choice,' Epic Games said. The company had sued Apple back in 2020 so the hardware giant loosens control over transactions in apps that use their iOS operating systems.
Reddit sues Anthropic
Reddit has sued Anthropic AI for allegedly illegally scraping comments on the social media platform to train their AI chatbot Claude. The platform has claimed that Anthropic used automated bots to access content on Reddit without taking their permission. Anthropic has defended itself saying that they didn't agree with Reddit's claims. Earlier, Reddit had signed licensing agreements with Google and OpenAI so they can get paid in exchange for these companies using their platform's user content. Reddit was able to raise funds post the AI deals ahead of their IPO last year. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has previously stated in a research paper that subreddits have the highest quality AI training data around varied subjects like history, relationships, gardening and random thoughts of people.
Amazon to test humanoid robots for delivery
Amazon is building software for humanoid robots which could replace delivery agents, a new report by 'The Information' revealed. The e-commerce giant is constructing a 'humanoid park' with an indoor obstacle course at one of their San Francisco, California offices. Amazon expects to start testing these humanoid robots soon. While Amazon will be making the software on their own to power these robots, the hardware will be from other firms for testing for now. Amazon also made a host of announcements yesterday around AI and demonstrated how they would integrate the technology into their stockroom robots, delivery and warehousing so packages could be sped up.
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