I expected this to be mostly about Apple being angry that OpenAI hired its hardware people, but the complaint sounds more specific and obviously it is still only Apple’s side for now.
Calling this a failure seems a bit unfair. The signatures forced an official EU response, even if they did not produce a law.
The disappointing part is the voluntary industry code. Publishers are not being asked to run servers forever, only to avoid making paid games completely unusable after shutdown.
At what point does buying a game become nothing more than renting access until the publisher changes its mind?
$60B is a huge price, but buying Cursor gives Musk something xAI has struggled to build: a popular coding product with real developer and enterprise adoption. It may be the fastest way to catch up in AI coding. The real question is whether SpaceX ownership improves Cursor or drives its users away.
The main reason I'm using Chinese LLM is cost. Minimax M3 is a good deal with large context window. But, M3 jumps into implementation too quickly even when a task is clearly defined. It misses tests or edge cases, and occasionally lose track during longer work.