Elon Sues Apple & OpenAI Over AI

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

Elon’s xAI takes Apple & OpenAI to court over alleged AI collusion; Microsoft debuts Excel AI but cautions on accuracy; Meta’s DeepConf reaches 99.9% on AIME benchmark.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: ChatGPT + Canva for Personalized Designs

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Brutal Truth Prompt

• AI Video Tutorial

• Course of the Day: Worldbuilding AI Futures

Hottest AI News

Elon

Elon’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged AI Market Conspiracy

Elon Musk's xAI has escalated its battle against Big Tech by filing a federal lawsuit in Texas, accusing Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to monopolize the AI market and suppress competition through their exclusive partnership.

Details:

• The lawsuit claims Apple and OpenAI "locked up markets to maintain monopolies and block innovators like X and xAI." xAI argues Apple suppressed its products in the App Store due to a deal. Without that deal, Apple would have more reason to feature X app and Grok

• Apple’s partnership with OpenAI puts ChatGPT deeply into iPhones, iPads, and Macs, which xAI says gives an unfair edge. Musk has grown his AI empire—buying X for $33 billion to fuel chatbot training and adding the Grok chatbot to Tesla cars

• This case is one battle in Musk’s wider legal fight. He’s also suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in federal court to stop its shift from nonprofit to for-profit. The lawsuit adds to Apple’s App Store troubles, including the Epic Games case

This legal battle could reshape how tech giants form AI partnerships and may determine whether deals constitute anti-competitive behavior in the emerging artificial intelligence economy.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Launches Excel AI But Warns Against Using It for Accurate Work

Microsoft has just launched Copilot AI function in Excel that promises to revolutionize how users create formulas, but the company's warnings about its limitations raise serious questions about whether this feature is ready for real-world use.

Details:

• COPILOT lets Windows 365 users generate Excel formulas with natural language instead of complex syntax. Typing "=COPILOT('Summarize this feedback', A2:A20)" can classify, summarize, or generate content

• Microsoft warns the feature is unreliable for critical work. It shouldn’t be used for financial reports, legal tasks, or anything requiring accuracy. Like other AI tools, it can hallucinate or misread prompts, causing errors in calculations

• The tool is still in beta, limited to Copilot Beta Channel users. It allows 100 calls per 10 minutes or 300 per hour. It can’t pull live web data or private documents. Privacy concerns remain, though Microsoft says data won’t train AI

While AI-powered formula generation in Excel is appealing, Microsoft's heavy disclaimers suggest it may have been rushed to market before meeting the reliability standards Excel’s professional users expect.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Quizify (Life-time Deal): All-in-one funnel builder that creates quizzes, surveys, lead forms, and funnels using an AI that generates full quizzes/forms from one topic

• Zen Browser: Privacy-first browser with Workspaces for tab organization, Split View multitasking, Zen modes for focus, and a sidebar chatbot [F-R-E-E]

• VibeFlow: Turns prompts into a full-stack web app with n8n-style visual backend workflows you can view, edit, and scale [F-R-E-E]

• Trace: Routes tasks to people or AI by linking Slack, Jira, and Notion, splitting work into steps, finding automation chances, and adding AI agents for repetitive jobs [F-R-E-E]

• Voost: Virtually try on any garment or cloth you want with AI for fast, realistic outfit previews [F-R-E-E]

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AI Tutorial

How to Use ChatGPT + Canva to Generate Personalized Designs

Personalized designs at scale? Absolutely possible and easier than you think. Here’s how to use ChatGPT’s Canva connector to turn a single template into multiple unique creations — with almost no effort on your part.

1. Create or Select Template

   Head to Canva AI and either create a fresh template (e.g., an “event invitation”) or select one of your existing designs that you’d like to personalize.

2. Connect Canva in ChatGPT

   In ChatGPT, click the “+” → Agent Mode option and connect your Canva account through Connectors. This step ensures ChatGPT can reach your designs directly.

3. Prepare Prompt

   Use a prompt like this:

   “Open my [template name] in Canva and create 5 unique versions with personalized messages for: Sarah (graduation), James (promotion), Mia (wedding), Daniel (birthday), and Chloe (business launch).”

4. Generate Variations

   ChatGPT will duplicate your chosen template and automatically insert personalized text for each recipient, creating multiple versions at once.

5. Review and Refine

   Open Canva to review the generated designs. Make quick adjustments to formatting, layouts, or images if needed so everything looks exactly as you want.

6. Download and Share

   Once satisfied, download your finalized designs and share them with your recipients — or schedule them directly through Canva if you’re using it for campaigns.

Tip: Start with a simple, clean design in Canva before automation. Complex templates with too many elements can make bulk personalization messy — keeping it minimal ensures quicker edits and better results.

Top AI & Tech News

• Meta FAIR released DeepConf — a deep-thinking method that reached 99.9% on the AIME benchmark using open-source models

• Elon Musk and xAI unveiled MacroHard, a “purely AI software company” designed to mimic rivals such as Microsoft by using simulations and AI agents

• Baidu released MuseStreamer 2.0 — improved image-to-video models with better multi-character coordination, synced audio, and cheaper pricing

• Perplexity extended its July 2024 revenue‑share program to include its Comet browser, letting publishers earn a cut from AI search revenue

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

A sheet of stamps with cute Halloween-themed illustrations, featuring cats and pumpkins, a cupcake in the middle, a haunted house in the top right corner, a ghost in the bottom left corner, a witch hat and broomstick on both sides, in muted dark fall and neutral colors, with a vintage style and highly detailed. --ar 9:16 --v 7

Prompt of the Day

Brutal Truth Prompt for AI

This prompt transforms the AI into a brutally honest consultant that delivers direct, unfiltered insights based on logic and first principles. It cuts through noise and avoids sugarcoating or diplomatic language, focusing solely on identifying the real problems and providing clear, actionable solutions.

The AI refuses to offer vague suggestions or emotional cushioning, instead stating the core truth upfront and calling out flawed reasoning immediately.

Top AI Video Tutorial

Proven ChatGPT‑5 Workflows You’re Not Using Yet (Real Use Cases)

Complimentary AI Course of the Day

Worldbuilding AI Futures

This course shows how AI and technologies affect society, for better and worse, and how values, rules, and institutions shape those effects. Students learn simple futures tools—worldbuilding and backcasting—to map realistic paths to 2035, practice clear communication about technology impacts, and create a personal 2035 scenario that reflects their values and priorities.