Apple is getting this wrong
August 3, 2026CompanyApple is getting this wrongLoading…ShareApple is one of the greatest companies of all time, and built a reputation for obsessing over the smallest details. This careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit sadly doesn’t live up to that reputation.Apple had claimed that they contacted OpenAI in February and that we didn’t respond. They now admit that their outside lawyers emailed the wrong person after confusing two Asian last names—only after we brought this to their attention.
- ▪August 3, 2026CompanyApple is getting this wrongLoading…ShareApple is one of the greatest companies of all time, and built a reputation for obsessing over the smallest details.
- ▪This careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit sadly doesn’t live up to that reputation.Apple had claimed that they contacted OpenAI in February and that we didn’t respond.
- ▪They now admit that their outside lawyers emailed the wrong person after confusing two Asian last names—only after we brought this to their attention.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 9 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal" — Ars Technica
- ▪ OpenAI Posts Public Rebuttal to Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit - MacRumors — Google News
- ▪ OpenAI Posts Public Rebuttal to Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit — MacRumors
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple 'is getting this wrong' after trade secret lawsuit — Engadget
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| Original publisher | OpenAI |
| Canonical URL | https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:32:13 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-04T06:10:41.571Z |
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August 3, 2026CompanyApple is getting this wrongLoading…ShareApple is one of the greatest companies of all time, and built a reputation for obsessing over the smallest details. This careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit sadly doesn’t live up to that reputation.Apple had claimed that they contacted OpenAI in February and that we didn’t respond. They now admit that their outside lawyers emailed the wrong person after confusing two Asian last names—only after we brought this to their attention. Apple also claimed they had a discussion with our General Counsel, which they now concede never happened. But they again hide the fact that they never raised the specific allegations in this lawsuit at that time, and that they in fact told us that they were “resolving any issues”.
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