Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets

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Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI accusing former Apple employees now at OpenAI of stealing trade secrets related to hardware technology. The case highlights alleged intellectual property theft to benefit OpenAI's hardware advancements.

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that former employees that now work for the AI company have stolen Apple's trade secrets "for the benefit of OpenAI." In its complaint, Apple alleges that it has uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple," and it names IO Products (Jony Ive's hardware startup that OpenAI bought in 2025), Tang Tan (OpenAI's chief hardware officer), and Chang Liu (who joined OpenAI from Apple in January) as defendants. An Apple spokesperson shared this statement with 9to5Mac: At Apple, our teams are constantly developing breakthrough technologies to create the best … Read the full story at The Verge.