The real business wars are just this unpretentious and straightforward. Did Apple really get pushed to the edge by Ultraman this time? On July 10, a case was filed in the Northern District Federal Court of California. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for stealing trade secrets, including poaching former employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu, accusing them of taking core data from its AI hardware project. Whether they win or lose the lawsuit, the market signal is already clear: AI hardware might be the next battleground/hot trend. This is basically Cook indirectly admitting that they can’t build AI hardware.