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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Apple filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets related to its upcoming hardware. The complaint names former Apple employees Tang Tan – now OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and a former vice‑president of product design – and former senior engineer Chang Liu as primary actors. Apple alleges Tan recruited Apple staff and used internal code names to extract confidential designs, while Liu retained a corporate laptop after leaving Apple and accessed dozens of unreleased product files. Apple claims the stolen information is being used to develop OpenAI’s own consumer‑hardware device, including work by the acquired startup io Products, co‑founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive. The suit seeks an injunction, the return and destruction of all Apple materials, and monetary damages; Apple also warned that the conduct described is “the tip of the iceberg.” OpenAI denied the allegations, stating it has “no interest in other companies’ trade secrets” and relies only on publicly licensed data. The case could affect OpenAI’s pending IPO and the broader AI‑hardware competition between the two firms.

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