Did AI Just Solve Math?

Bloomberg detailed Apple's decade-long path to a $2,000+ foldable iPhone, Gamers Nexus alleged LG smart TVs eavesdropped via built-in microphones and tracked nearby devices, and a mathematician accused OpenAI of secretly using his private Navier-Stokes work, which OpenAI denied.

• A look at Apple's path to a foldable device, the biggest change in iPhone history; sources: memory shortages led Apple to blow past an early $1,999 price goal (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/apple-s…) (Bloomberg)

• Analysis of LG's smart TVs shows its ad software tracks nearby devices, security flaws can allow hackers to eavesdrop via the built-in microphone, and more (youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA) (Gamers Nexus / YouTube)

• The Register reports LG's TVs generated audio transcripts even in standby, collected Wi-Fi network data and unpaired nearby devices, and fed it to LG's ad unit, which claims reach across 363 million addressable devices (theregister.com/security/2026/09/08/lg-accused…) (The Register)

• Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges OpenAI learned of his work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge on Navier-Stokes and used an internal model to solve it (scientificamerican.com/article/ai-may-have-jus…) (Scientific American)

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