Apple has sued OpenAI and two former employees, alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-owner's foray into consumer hardware.

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.