Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets
OpenAI acquired the company last year.It is also suing Chang Liu, a senior electrical engineer who worked at Apple for eight years, and Tang Yew Tan, a vice president of design for iPhone and Apple Watch who spent 24 years with the company.
- ▪OpenAI acquired the company last year.It is also suing Chang Liu, a senior electrical engineer who worked at Apple for eight years, and Tang Yew Tan, a vice president of design for iPhone and Apple Watch who spent 24 years with the company.
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- ▪ Apple sues OpenAI alleging theft of top-secret information — International homepage
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Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secretsImage source, ReutersImage caption, Apple CEO Tim cook is leaving the role later this year.ByKali HaysTechnology reporterPublished10 July 2026, 23:44 BSTUpdated 25 minutes agoApple has accused OpenAI of gaining access to valuable inside information through the hiring of its former employees.In a federal lawsuit filed on Friday, Apple sued the artificial intelligence (AI) company, two of its employees, as well as io Products, claiming it has engaged in "a pattern of theft" of Apple's confidential product development and related work.At least two long-time Apple workers who left the company to join OpenAI allegedly took part in this pattern by, in part, emailing themselves internal Apple information.Drew Pusateri, a spokesman…
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