OpenAI alleges ex-employee sent 100+ confidential files on unreleased device to Apple
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-10-15
Per a new court filing, OpenAI alleges a former employee sent 100+ highly confidential files to personal accounts before returning to Apple — including images of an unreleased OpenAI device, engineering details and supplier information — then presented OpenAI's product plans to Apple senior leadership, potentially influencing Apple's AI hardware like HomeView.
- Apple denies finding evidence supporting the allegations
- The filing comes right after the separate Saudi-national spying scandal
- Apple is simultaneously suing OpenAI in a mirror-image case over former Apple employees taking its trade secrets
The dueling lawsuits highlight escalating legal risk in the AI hardware talent war.
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