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This Tuesday morning, Apple has unleashed a "heavyweight" lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging corporate espionage and the theft of trade secrets. Both AOL.com and 24/7 Wall St. confirm Apple claims former employees copied confidential materials and brought hardware prototypes into OpenAI interviews. The Free Press reports Apple says this scheme occurred "at every level" of OpenAI. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, stated he is "not afraid of Apple," though he expressed "tremendous respect" for the company, as reported by 80 Level. The Mac Observer reveals Apple's lawsuit is already disrupting OpenAI's hardware development and making it harder to hire top talent. Over 400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI, with Apple claiming this mass exodus was engineered to accelerate OpenAI’s pivot into physical consumer hardware, according to Hypebeast. Forbes adds that Apple accuses a former chief hardware officer, a 24-year Apple veteran, of asking candidates to bring Apple parts to interviews. Meanwhile, competition in the AI model space intensifies. Forbes Australia reports Anthropic is extending free access to its Claude Fable 5 model for a second time, a move appearing to counter OpenAI's recent launch of GPT-5.6, featuring its new flagship model, Sol. OpenAI claims Sol outperforms Fable in coding tasks. This legal battle could significantly impact OpenAI's planned IPO, as noted by The Free Press and AOL.com, and could slow the development of AI hardware, affecting future smart devices in your home.