Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-07-14
According to The Verge, OpenAI faces another high-profile lawsuit: Apple has sued the company in a Northern California federal court, alleging that former Apple employees stole Apple's trade secrets for OpenAI's benefit.
The complaint states that Apple treats its product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and tech research innovations as highly confidential. The report notes that this lawsuit could potentially disrupt OpenAI's costly hardware ambitions.
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