When iPhone engineer Chang Liu quit for a job at OpenAI’s nascent hardware division, Apple Inc. says he left with more than just years of experience.

Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft/

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

Apple has lost significant talent to OpenAI as the frontier lab prepares to unveil its first hardware device.

Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi's senior leadership, including a long-time former employee.

July 10 : Apple on Friday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees, alleging misappropriation of the iPhone maker's trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-owner's…

In the months ahead of Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, the iPhone maker’s concerns about OpenAI’s plans to compete in consumer hardware have mounted steadily. For…

The iPhone-maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details.

The complaint alleges a coordinated effort to steal Apple’s confidential information, including product designs, manufacturing processes and supply chain strategies.

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees, alleging they misappropriated confidential hardware information, including designs and supply chain data, to…

Lawsuit escalates tensions between iPhone manufacturer and ChatGPT owner

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

The chief hardware officer and io Products are also named.

Apple accuses OpenAI and former Apple Vice President Tang Tan of extensive coordinated data theft and asks whether OpenAI's hardware plans are based around exfiltrated Apple info.

Apple claims AI behemoth OpenAI stole information about new products, encouraging Apple staffers to share drawings and other materials and poaching hundreds of employees.

The lawsuit also targets two ex-employees, Tang Yew Tan, now OpenAI’s chief hardware officer, and engineer Chang Liu.

The iPhone maker has accused the AI startup behind ChatGPT and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products.

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…

Link to: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-11/openai-engineer-s-lol-moment-set-stage-for-legal-fight-with-apple

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11 — Apple on Friday sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of orchestrating a campaign to steal the iPhone maker’s trade secrets as it...

A newly filed federal lawsuit against OpenAI alleges a coordinated, undercover effort to siphon off closely guarded trade secrets, unreleased project details, and proprietary…