Holy crap, the business war has started!

Apple has filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California federal court against OpenAI, io Products, and two former Apple employees, Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, accusing them of accelerating the company’s hardware business by systematically acquiring and using Apple trade secrets.
The case number is 5:26-cv-07078.
Apple says that after Liu resigned, he failed to return at least one company computer and used an authentication vulnerability that was unknown at the time to re-enter Apple’s network, downloading dozens of confidential hardware files.
Apple also accuses OpenAI hardware chief Tang Yew Tan of using Apple internal project code names to press for information about unreleased products during hiring, and of requiring candidates to bring CAD files, prototypes, and “actual parts” for demonstration.
The confidential scope Apple lists goes far beyond product appearance, including circuit and power design, AI and hardware integration, electromagnetic interference testing, custom manufacturing equipment, metal alloys, DFM, component suppliers, failure analysis, lifecycle simulation, and global supply-chain coordination.
Apple says these insights came from “hundreds of billions of dollars and decades” of investment.