Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 5, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Publishes Message Logs to Rebut Apple's Trade Secret Suit
Apple says a former engineer took confidential hardware information to OpenAI, while OpenAI's filing shows Apple staff continuing to ask that engineer for internal files weeks after he left.
Apple has sued OpenAI in federal court in California, alleging systematic theft of trade secrets through Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer who joined OpenAI, and claiming he improperly accessed confidential hardware information. OpenAI ans…
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