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hello there and welcome to our egreenews social tech conversations happy to be here today! so what is our topic for today! Hummmm great question so today we will chit chat about ai forecast for 2026 so lets get started Employees at Microsoft took a stand this week at the company’s Redmond headquarters, where protests erupted around contracts with Israel. On Tuesday, a courageous group—including current and former Microsoft employees and community members—occupied a plaza for the “No Azure for Apartheid” protest, making a collective statement about ethical responsibility in technology partnerships. The demonstration underscores how employees today are not just workers but active members of communities demanding corporate accountability. Amid this, tech innovation continues its surge: Microsoft and Asus have announced October 16th as the launch date for their new Xbox Ally handheld consoles, targeting global markets but keeping preorder details under wraps for now. Meanwhile, FieldAI raised $405 million to advance universal robot brains, pushing AI’s frontier in robotics to adapt smarter, more physics-aware machines. On another front, Hertz is selling used rental cars on Amazon Autos, signaling evolving retail strategies in the automotive space. In software updates, Notion’s new offline mode solves a longstanding frustration, allowing users to be productive without internet access—a notable step forward for cloud-centric tools. Meanwhile, anticipation builds as Google prepares to unveil its Pixel 10 phones, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds 2A, with speculation about new charging features. OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid by Maxwell Zeff from Tech crunch OpenAI is asking Meta to produce evidence related to any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI to acquire or invest in the ChatGPT-maker. The request was made public in a brief filed Thursday in Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI. Lawyers representing OpenAI said they subpoenaed Meta in June for documents related to its potential involvement in Musk’s unsolicited, $97 billion bid to takeover the startup in February. It’s unclear from the filing whether such documents exists. OpenAI ultimately denied Musk’s bid. OpenAI’s lawyers say they discovered that Musk communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg concerning xAI’s bid to purchase the ChatGPT-maker, including “about potential financing arrangements or investments.” Meta objected to OpenAI’s initial subpoena in July; the ChatGPT-maker’s lawyers are now seeking a court order to obtain such evidence. OpenAI is also asking the court for any of Meta’s documents and communications related to “any actual or potential restructuring or recapitalization of OpenAI” — the core issue in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone directed TechCrunch towards a section of OpenAI’s filing which states that neither Meta nor Zuckerberg signed Musk’s letter of intent to acquire the ChatGPT-maker. Meta declined to comment further. OpenAI and legal counsel for Musk did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. In the background of OpenAI’s fight with Musk, Meta has significantly invested in its own efforts to develop frontier AI models. In 2023, Meta executives obsessed over developing an AI model that could beat OpenAI’s GPT-4, court filings in another case revealed. By early 2025, Meta’s AI models fell behind the industry standard, reportedly infuriating Zuckerberg. These stories reflect the dynamic intersection of people’s values, cutting-edge innovation, and the shifting landscape of technology and business. Our team at Egreenews believes these developments remind us that technology serves communities best when driven by shared principles, creativity, and responsiveness to real-world needs.