Apple v. OpenAI trade secrets suit is really a fight over post-smartphone hardware

The Verge·low signal

The Verge's Decoder unpacks the Apple-OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit with senior AI reporter Hayden Field, arguing the real stake is who defines the device category after the smartphone — with Jony Ive's involvement at the center. The legal claim is a proxy for a hardware-platform contest. Related coverage of the suit ran previously; the new element here is the post-smartphone framing rather than the filing itself.