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OpenAI Hits Back at Apple over Trade Secret Claims: ‘A Mess of Its Own Making’

  • OpenAI dismissed Apple's lawsuit alleging trade secret theft, calling it baseless and a result of Apple's poor offboarding and internal policies aimed at hindering recruitment and slowing OpenAI's device progress.
  • Apple sued OpenAI and former employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu in July, accusing them of stealing confidential hardware designs, manufacturing methods, and supply-chain secrets.
  • OpenAI defended hiring about 400 former Apple employees, citing California law allowing employee movement and denying any wrongdoing.
  • Apple accused the defendants of downloading confidential schematics and destroying evidence; OpenAI denied these claims, attributing the conflict to Apple's internal confusion and policies.
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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = Apple and OpenAI clashed again, each claiming the other was at fault over allegations of a former employee leaking trade secrets.

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The News broke the news in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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