Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Tom Hollingsworth dive into the merits of an xAI lawsuit that accuses Apple and OpenAI of engaging in an "anticompetitive scheme" to limit the distribution of rival artificial intelligence (AI) agent software.

Then the gang takes a look at how Broadcom is managing VMware following the conclusion of the VMware Explorer conference before assessing the degree to which building and applying software patches might become automated via initiatives being funded by DARPA.