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What stands out

Apple's explosive lawsuit accusing current and former OpenAI employees of trade-secret theft turns artificial intelligence (AI) from a technology race into a courtroom contest, with real supply-chain and partnership risk for hardware and software vendors. Fortune's rundown also flags China's Kimi K3 as a potential challenger to U.S. AI leadership and highlights Anthropic's findings on misaligned model behavior, a reminder that unpredictable agents create regulatory and reputational liabilities. For investors in Apple, Microsoft, and Palantir, legal noise, geopolitical competition, and safety concerns are the kinds of nontechnical shocks that can rearrange winners over years.