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Xiao-I (AIXI) provided an additional material update on its variable interest entity's, or VIE's, ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Computer Trading Shanghai, Apple (AAPL), and Apple Computer Trading Shanghai. The lawsuit centers on allegations that Apple infringed on the VIE's intellectual property rights related to core artificial intelligence technology, with the legal proceedings having advanced through key appellate stages since the Company's last update. On March 27, the Supreme People's Court rendered its final second-instance judgments on Apple's appeal. In the ruling, the Supreme People's Court formally rejected Apple's application to have Xiao-I's VIE's relevant patents declared invalid and affirmed the legality and validity of such patents in full. This judgment constitutes a final and binding ruling under the laws of the People's Republic of China, with no further right of appeal available to either party in respect of the patent validity determination. There can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome of the remaining proceedings against Apple, there is no guarantee that the company will be awarded any financial compensation.

Apple appears to have escalated its crackdown on vibe coding by recently booting one such app out of its App Store for violating its rules. The Information's Aaron Tilley reports. Last Thursday, Apple removed the app, Anything, from the App Store, according to Dhruv Amin, Co-founder and CEO of the eponymous startup that makes the app. Apple's action came a week after The Information reported that the company had blocked updates of vibe coding apps - which use Ai to allow people without coding experience to create apps - while allowing earlier versions of those apps to remain in the App Store, the author notes.