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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026
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Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging the AI Company Stole Trade Secrets
AppleがOpenAIを提訴、AI企業が営業秘密を盗んだと主張
P.M. Edition for July 10. Apple’s lawsuit also names one of OpenAI’s top executives, a former Apple employee. Plus, Israeli intelligence about a possible plot to kill President Trump made U.S. officials concerned about a lack of defensive capabilities on the new Air Force One. The success of films like “Backrooms” and “Obsession” means Hollywood is combing sites like YouTube and Reddit for the next big horror hit. WSJ entertainment reporter Ben Fritz discusses who’s making money from that and what risks there are for film studios. And South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix pops in its U.S. market debut. Alex Ossola hosts.
• comb /koʊm/ （比喩）くまなく探す、徹底的に調べる
Alex Ossola: We have new reporting on worries that the new Air Force One lacks defensive capabilities. Plus, President Trump says he won't sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill and Hollywood is minting new millionaires as it turns to YouTube for the next horror hit.
Ben Fritz: It's actually very hard to make money from a viral creation online. It kind of escape your control.
• mint /mɪnt/ （比喩）大量に生み出す、誕生させる
• escape someone's control /ɪˈskeɪp ˈsʌmwʌnz kənˈtroʊl/ ～の手を離れる、制御できなくなる
Alex Ossola: It's Friday, July 10th. I'm Alex Ossola for the Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
We start today's show with a lawsuit between two tech giants. Apple has sued OpenAI and one of its top executives alleging the AI company stole trade secrets. The civil suit accuses OpenAI of taking Apple's confidential information as part of its effort to develop competing devices. Two OpenAI staffers named in the suit, OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a member of its technical staff are former Apple employees. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Wall Street Journal's parent company, News Corp has a content deal with OpenAI.
More Americans are testing positive for marijuana in workplace drug tests. Quest Diagnostics ran around eight million of those drug tests last year and about 4.4% of them came back positive. That's up from 3.9% in 2021. More states and cities in the U.S. have legalized marijuana, which means a positive test isn't as big a deal to employers. It can still matter for some jobs like trucking or construction, but these days more employers say marijuana is like alcohol. It's fine if you're doing it off the clock. In fact, an employment lawyer says some jobs have stopped screening applicants for marijuana altogether because it would be harder for them to find qualified candidates.
• off the clock /ɔːf ðə klɑːk/ 勤務時間外に、非番で
In China, a fire at a shoe factory in the southeastern part of the country killed at least 28 people yesterday. It's the latest in a string of fatal industrial accidents. An explosion in a coal mine in May killed more than 80 people while a blast at a fireworks' factory in central China claimed 37 lives. Experts say China's factory conditions have improved over the years, but it's still a huge problem with more than 18,000 deaths from workplace accidents last year. Separately, Chinese state media said today that the country had launched and crucially partially recovered a space rocket. It was the first time China has successfully displayed its rocket recovery technology. WSJ China economics reporter Katrina Northrop says it's an important milestone as Beijing seeks to transform itself into a space power and to compete with the U.S.
Katrina Northrop: China has been investing a huge amount into space and encouraging their private space companies to do more satellite launches and this shows that China is rapidly catching up to the U.S. Recovering a rocket is important because it makes satellite launches a lot cheaper. If you can recover part of the material, then you can reuse it in the next launch. SpaceX has been doing this for more than a decade and that's really enabled them to do many, many launches at a cheaper cost. China hasn't been able to do that until today and so there is still a real gap between the two countries.
Alex Ossola: We have three updates from the aviation industry. Delta says revenue in the second quarter rose 19% and CEO Ed Bastian said travel demand is strong even with airfares rising. In an interview on CNBC today, he added that ticket prices haven't risen as much as overall inflation and that airfare is a, quote, "tremendous bargain".
Ed Bastian: If you look at post - COVID, airfares for the industry are 10 to 15% lower than what average CPI has been. So if people are having concerns with respect to airfares, they have much higher concerns with respect to other products, which maybe is a reason why the demand continues to stay strong for us.
• with respect to ... /wɪð rɪˈspekt tə/ ～に関して、～について
Alex Ossola: Overall profit fell by about a quarter, however, to $1.6 billion. The rising cost of fuel and other items outpaced the revenue jump. The company is sticking to its previous guidance for the full year.
There may be a bidding war in store for budget airline easyJet, one of Europe's biggest carriers. easyJet said today that it's agreed to a potential $7.6 billion takeover by U.S. asset manager Apollo. But just on Monday, easyJet said that it agreed in principle to a more than $7 billion takeover by another U.S. investor firm, Castlelake. Apollo has until August 7th to make a formal offer or walk away. Castlelake says it's considering its options. easyJet stock today rose 14% in London.
Another European airline, Ryanair, made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff in Greece today. A window from the plane dislodged during the flight and a passenger's head was pulled through the opening. Greek media reports said the passenger was a 61-year-old Serbian man. His wife held onto his legs and she and other passengers were able to pull him back inside the cabin. A U.S. regulator, the National Transportation Safety Board says the plane turned back to the airport after a right engine issue and the cabin decompressing. A person briefed on preliminary details says that an engine failure appeared to cause debris to hit the side of the plane. That rapidly depressurized the cabin and the window was jolted out. Ryanair says emergency responders met the passenger who survived. Boeing, the plane maker, says it's been in contact with Ryanair.
• shortly after takeoff /ˈʃɔːrtli ˈæftər ˈteɪkɔːf/ 離陸直後に
• dislodge /dɪsˈlɑːdʒ/ 外れる、外す
• pull ... through ... /pʊl ... θruː/ ～を…から引き抜く、引っ張り出す
• opening /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/ 開口部、穴
• hold on to ... /hoʊld ɑːn tə/ ～をしっかりつかむ
• be briefed on ... /bi briːft ɑːn/ ～について説明を受ける
• preliminary details /prɪˈlɪməˌneri ˈdiːteɪlz/ 初期調査の詳細
• debris /dəˈbriː/ がれき、破片（不可算名詞）
• depressurize /diːˈpreʃəraɪz/ 減圧する
• jolt /dʒoʊlt/ 激しく揺らす、衝撃で動かす
• emergency responder /ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi rɪˈspɑːndər/ 緊急対応要員
Coming up, there's an early sign that sluggish home sales could heat up this summer. That's after the break.
The Wall Street Journal has learned that President Trump flew an older Air Force One plane home from the native summit in Turkey this week because his new luxury Air Force One lacked defensive capabilities. U.S. officials said the Israeli intelligence about a possible Iranian plot to kill Trump factored into that decision, even though the threat wasn't deemed entirely credible. The Secret Service, the White House's military office, and some national security staff determined that Trump's new plane, a gift from the Qatari government wasn't adequate to fly the president home. Trump has denied that a security concern prompted the decision to switch planes. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung says the luxury plane has high level security protocols. The precise defensive capabilities of Air Force One are classified.
President Trump said today that he wouldn't sign a landmark housing bill because Congress hasn't taken action on his voter ID proposal. The bill is bipartisan and it aims to make housing more available and affordable. The White House didn't say whether Trump planned to veto the legislation. If he does nothing, it will become law automatically this weekend. The What's News team recently did a series on housing and one of our episodes focused on the housing bill. We'll leave a link to it in our show notes.
And despite the disappointing numbers for the spring home selling season, summer is already looking more promising. Mortgage technology and data company Optimal Blue says a lot more people locked in mortgage rates in June. This is a good sign for home sales in the next few months because buyers typically lock in their mortgage rates after they agree to make a purchase and before they close. While economists aren't expecting a housing boom, even a few months of higher sales would be good news for the sluggish market.
• close /kloʊz/ （不動産取引を）正式に完了する、決済する
South Korean chip maker SK Hynix popped in its U.S. market debut today, the largest ever U.S. share sale by a foreign company. Shares closed 13% higher. U.S. indexes overall ended the day higher with the S&P leading the gains adding 0.4%. For the week, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ were both up more than 1% while the DAO lost half a percent.
Horror movies from young YouTube creators, movies like Backrooms and Obsession have been surprised box office winners in recent months. Now Hollywood is combing through YouTube and Reddit for the next big horror hit. Journal entertainment reporter Ben Fritz is here to discus. Ben, what kinds of digital properties are studios trying to snag?
• comb through ... /koʊm θruː/ ～をくまなく調べる
• snag /snæɡ/ （話し言葉）うまく手に入れる、獲得する
Ben Fritz: They're really interested in horror. Horror is clearly the genre that's working with young people and is big online. So they're trying to find properties that already have a big following on Reddit, on Roblox, on YouTube, on TikTok, et cetera. There was a recent deal for a creature called Siren Head, which I really recommend people just look it up online. It's a very bizarre, interesting creature. It's like a giant monster. It's made out of utility poles. For its head, it is two big sirens. I don't know how else to describe it. And it's sort of like a Bigfoot for Gen Z. This Canadian illustrator named Trevor Henderson created in 2018. It sort of went nowhere for the first couple of years and then it became a video game and people started playing the game on YouTube and it went viral. You can find it all over every digital platform you can think of to search for Siren Head and there is content.
• bizarre /bəˈzɑːr/ 奇妙な、風変わりな
• made out of ... /meɪd aʊt əv/ ～でできている（材料が分かる）
• utility pole /juːˈtɪləti poʊl/ 電柱
• siren /ˈsaɪrən/ サイレン
• go nowhere /ɡoʊ ˈnoʊwer/ 全く成功しない、話題にならない
• go viral /ɡoʊ ˈvaɪrəl/ 爆発的に拡散する、バズる
Alex Ossola: And how big of a deal was it for a studio to acquire the rights to Siren Head?
Ben Fritz: It's a huge deal. Hollywood for a long time has looked for stuff to adapt in books, in comic books, in toys, in games. They've never really looked to these new digital social platforms. And now it's becoming a huge new source of IP thanks to the success of backrooms in particular. And for the digital creators like Trevor Henderson, I mean, it's life-changing. It's actually very hard to make money from a viral creation online. It kind of escape your control. So Trevor told me even though Siren Head is so big and you can find knockoff merchandise on Amazon and games on Roblox and whatever, he's never made a penny from it until this movie deal.
• viral creation /ˈvaɪrəl kriˈeɪʃən/ バズった作品・コンテンツ
• escape someone's control /ɪˈskeɪp ˈsʌmwʌnz kənˈtroʊl/ ～の手を離れる、制御できなくなる
• knockoff merchandise /ˈnɑːkɔːf ˈmɜːrtʃəndaɪs/ 模倣品、海賊版グッズ
• make a penny /meɪk ə ˈpeni/ 1セントも稼ぐ（否定文で「全く稼げない」）
Alex Ossola: And how much was the movie deal?
Ben Fritz: Just for the movie rights, he got more than $1 million. Part of the deal, he held onto some of those rights for himself. He can still sell merchandise, make games, et cetera. He's, as they say, gone from zero to hero very quickly.
Alex Ossola: So deals like these present obvious benefits for creators, and I could see the appeal for Hollywood as well, but does it present risks for these big movie studios?
Ben Fritz: Yeah. I mean, Hollywood has a long history of finding a trend, like diving in full bore and then overdoing it. And we all remember when it seemed like there was a new superhero movie every week and then when they overdo it and the quality starts to dip and people get sick of it. So there's absolutely a danger of that happening with digital horror.
• dive in /daɪv ɪn/ 飛び込む、本格的に取り組む
• full bore /fʊl bɔːr/ 全力で、徹底的に
• overdo /ˌoʊvərˈduː/ やり過ぎる
Alex Ossola: We're talking a lot about horror, which seems to be really resonating with younger audiences, but is there a possibility that this interest from movie studios could expand into other genres?
Ben Fritz: People are hopeful. There's obviously all sorts of content online. I think people are particularly talking about comedy. The big screen comedy also has been on life support for a while and people would love to see more comedy succeed at the box office. And there's lots of good comedy on YouTube and TikTok and Instagram, for example. Nobody's cracked that nut yet, but there's definitely some hope that they'll be able to use this formula for a comedy as well.
• on life support /ɑːn laɪf səˈpɔːrt/ 瀕死状態で、かろうじて存続している（比喩）
• succeed at the box office /səkˈsiːd ət ðə ˈbɑːks ˌɔːfɪs/ 興行的に成功する
• crack the nut /kræk ðə nʌt/ 難題を解決する、突破口を開く
Alex Ossola: That was WSJ Entertainment reporter, Ben Fritz. And that's What's News for this week. Tomorrow you can look out for our weekly markets wrap up, What's News in Markets. Then on Sunday, we'll be discussing the growing number of efforts across the U.S. to tax states' wealthiest residents. That's in What's News Sunday. And we'll be back with our regular show on Monday morning. Today's show was produced by Danny Lewis and Anthony Bansie with supervising producer Tali Arbel. Michael LaValle wrote our theme music. Aisha Al-Muslim is our development producer. Chris Zinsli is our deputy editor, and I'm Alex Ossola. Have a great weekend and thanks for listening.
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• twist someone's arm /twɪst ˈsʌmwʌnz ɑːrm/ （比喩）強く説得する、圧力をかける
• clinch /klɪntʃ/ （合意などを）まとめる、成立させる
• outlast /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ ～より長く持ちこたえる
• war of attrition /wɔːr əv əˈtrɪʃən/ 消耗戦
• alum /əˈlʌm/ 卒業生
• chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/ （比喩）多数の声
• mind-bending /ˈmaɪnd ˌbendɪŋ/ 驚異的な、常識外れの
• super substitute /ˈsuːpər ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/ スーパーサブ
• 10-alarm fire /ten əˈlɑːrm faɪər/ 最大級の緊急事態
• twist someone's arm /twɪst ˈsʌmwʌnz ɑːrm/ （比喩）強く説得する、圧力をかける
直訳は「人の腕をねじる」。
実際には「しぶる相手を説得する」「圧力をかけて承諾させる」というイディオム。
WSJでは政府や企業が他社に協力を迫る場面でよく使われる。
- My boss twisted my arm to attend the conference.
- The government is twisting companies' arms to invest more.
• clinch /klɪntʃ/ （合意・勝利などを）決定づける、勝ち取る、成立させる
もともとは「しっかりつかむ」という意味。
そこから「最後に決める」「確実なものにする」という意味で、
ニュースでは deal（合意）や victory（勝利）とよく組み合わされる。
- clinch a deal（契約をまとめる）
- clinch the championship（優勝を決める）
- clinch a victory（勝利を決定づける）
• outlast /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ ～より長く持ちこたえる、～より長続きする
「out-（～より上回って）」＋「last（続く）」で、
「相手より長く生き残る・持ちこたえる」という意味。戦争、企業競争、市場競争などでよく使われる。
- We hope to outlast our competitors.
- The company outlasted the recession.
• war of attrition /wɔːr əv əˈtrɪʃən/ 消耗戦
attrition は「徐々にすり減ること、消耗」。
互いに長期間戦い、相手を疲弊させる戦略を表す。戦争だけでなく、価格競争や訴訟にも比喩的に使われる。
- It became a war of attrition.
- The companies are engaged in a war of attrition.
• alum /əˈlʌm/ （大学の）卒業生（alumnus / alumna の略）
アメリカ英語で非常によく使われる略語。
性別を問わず使われることが多い。複数形は alums。
- She's a Yale alum.
- Many alums donated to the university.
• chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/ （比喩）多数の声、異口同音の意見
本来は「合唱団」。
ニュースでは a chorus of criticism/support/calls の形で、「多くの人が同じことを言う」という比喩表現になる。
- a chorus of criticism（相次ぐ批判）
- a growing chorus of support（高まりつつある支持の声）
• mind-bending /ˈmaɪnd ˌbendɪŋ/ 驚異的な、理解を超えた、常識外れの
直訳は「頭を曲げるような」。
理解しにくいほど驚くべきものや、発想が非常に独創的なものを表すカジュアルな形容詞。
- a mind-bending movie（頭が混乱するような映画）
- mind-bending technology（驚異的な技術）
• super substitute /ˈsuːpər ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/ スーパーサブ、途中出場で活躍する選手
スポーツで非常によく使われる表現。途中交代で試合の流れを変える選手を指す。
- He came on as a super substitute.
- The super substitute scored the winning goal.
• 10-alarm fire /ten əˈlɑːrm faɪər/ 最大級の緊急事態、極めて深刻な危機
アメリカの消防では、alarm の数字が大きいほど多くの消防隊が出動する。そこから比喩的に「非常に重大な危機」という意味になる。
- This is a 10-alarm fire for the company.
- The budget deficit has become a political 10-alarm fire.
Former Apple employees took confidential information to OpenAI.
で、
take
├─ A = confidential information
└─ to B = OpenAI
つまり
「機密情報をOpenAIへ持って行った」
という意味です。
take A to B の基本
take A to B
= AをBへ持って行く・連れて行く
非常によく使われる構文です。
物
She took the documents to the office.
書類を会社へ持って行った。
He took the package to the post office.
荷物を郵便局へ持って行った。
人
My father took me to school.
父が学校へ連れて行ってくれた。
I'll take you to the station.
駅まで送ります。
今回は「情報」を持って行く
もちろん物理的に紙を運んだとは限りません。
ニュースでは
take confidential information to another company
というと
- 持ち出す
- 転職先へ持っていく
- 不正に持ち込む
という意味になります。
つまり
took confidential information to OpenAI
は
「Appleの機密情報をOpenAIへ持ち込んだ」
ということです。
bring との違い
これもよく比較されます。
take
話し手から離れる方向
He took the files to OpenAI.
OpenAIへ持って行った。
bring
話し手・目的地へ近づく方向
He brought the files to our office.
私たちの会社へ持って来た。
WSJでよく見る表現
会社の訴訟記事では
take trade secrets to a competitor
競合他社へ営業秘密を持ち出す
という言い方が非常によく出てきます。
例えば
- take customer lists to another company
（顧客リストを他社へ持ち出す） - take source code to a startup
（ソースコードをスタートアップへ持ち出す） - take proprietary technology to a rival
（独自技術を競合企業へ持ち出す）
この文の to は方向を表す前置詞
take A to B の to は「Bへ」という方向を表しています。
そのため、この文を直訳すると
「元Apple社員は、AIデバイス開発を進めるために、Appleの機密情報をOpenAIへ持って行った」
となり、日本語では自然に
「Appleの機密情報をOpenAIへ持ち出した（持ち込んだ）」
と訳されます。これは企業の営業秘密に関するニュースで非常によく使われる表現なので、take A to B の応用例として覚えておくと役立ちます。
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Why It’s So Hard to Crack Down on Deadly Counterfeit Air-Bag Parts
なぜ致命的な偽造エアバッグ部品の取り締まりはこれほど難しいのか
• on a sour note /ɑːn ə saʊər noʊt/ 芳しくない形で、不本意な結果で
• reprice /ˌriːˈpraɪs/ 価格・リスクを再評価する
• dim projections /dɪm prəˈdʒekʃənz/ 見通しを弱気にする、下方修正する
forensic digging /fəˈrensɪk ˈdɪɡɪŋ/ 鑑識レベルの徹底調査
• unwieldy /ʌnˈwiːldi/ 扱いにくい、手に負えない
• deploy /dɪˈplɔɪ/ （エアバッグなどが）展開する、作動する
• a tell /ə tel/ 手掛かり、兆候、見分けるポイント
• unknown variable /ʌnˈnoʊn ˈveriəbl/ 不明な要因、未知の変数
• in limbo /ɪn ˈlɪmboʊ/ 宙ぶらりんの状態で、先行き不透明で
• all-out war /ˌɔːl aʊt ˈwɔːr/ 全面戦争
• detour /ˈdiːtʊr/ 回り道、寄り道
• hover around ... /ˈhʌvər əˌraʊnd/ ～前後で推移する
• replenish /rɪˈplenɪʃ/ 補充する
• draw down ... /drɔː daʊn/ ～を取り崩す、減らす
• subside /səbˈsaɪd/ （不安・緊張・痛みなどが）和らぐ、収まる
• linger /ˈlɪŋɡər/ 長引く、残り続ける
• prolific /prəˈlɪfɪk/ 多作の、多くの実績を持つ
lose A to B
= Bが原因でAを失う
• hatch a plot /hætʃ ə plɑːt/ 陰謀を企て
• boil down to ... /bɔɪl daʊn tə/ 結局～に帰着する
• poorly worded /ˈpɔːrli ˈwɜːrdɪd/ 表現が不明瞭
• sweepstakes /ˈswiːpsteɪks/ 大規模な争奪戦
• thwart /θwɔːrt/ ～を妨げる
• red tape /red teɪp/ お役所仕事、官僚的手続き
• political interference /ˌpəlɪtɪkəl ˌɪntərˈfɪrəns/ 政治介入
• miss a window /mɪs ə ˈwɪndoʊ/ 好機を逃す
• defamation /ˌdefəˈmeɪʃən/ 名誉毀損
• bundle /ˈbʌndl/ セット販売、バンドル
• keep ... hooked /kiːp hʊkt/ ～を夢中にさせ続け
• imperil /ɪmˈperəl/ ～を危険にさらす
• a handful of ... /ə ˈhændfʊl əv/ 少数の、ひと握りの
• poised for ... /pɔɪzd fɔːr/ ～する態勢が整った
• a fraction of ... /ə ˈfrækʃən əv/ ～のほんの一部
• bill as ... /bɪl æz/ ～として宣伝する、打ち出す
spare + 人 + 苦痛・罰 で、
「（人に）～を免れさせる」
「～を科さない」