Apple has accused Open AI and two of its former employees of stealing top secret information as the two biggest names in Silicon Valley prepare to compete in the consumer electronics market.The iPhone maker said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in a California federal court that the theft of its trade secrets was part [...]

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.