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.

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