Apple filed suit on July 10, 2026, against OpenAI, its subsidiary io Products, and former Apple engineer Chang Liu and others in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the theft of trade secrets related to iPhone hardware. The complaint (Apple Inc. v. Chang Liu et al.) claims a departing employee gained unauthorized access to internal networks and that OpenAI engaged in a systematic effort to gather Apple's confidential information. According to reports, Apple's ChatGPT integration partnership itself is not part of this lawsuit.
Continue reading
The rest of this article is for AI News Blitz readers. Choose an option below to keep reading.
Already purchased? Sign in✓ Signed in — this article isn’t included in your current plan.