Apple has sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing its trade secrets to develop an AI-focused device and other hardware. Apple alleges that as over 400 former employees left...

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the…

Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining OpenAI.

Apple is concerned that OpenAI used the stolen confidential information to "jumpstart its hardware efforts," per the 41-page lawsuit.

In a filing, Apple says former employees who left for OpenAI had access to its systems after leaving.