On July 10, 2026, Apple sued OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that it improperly obtained and used Apple trade secrets tied to unreleased hardware technology through former Apple employees. The complaint seeks damages, injunctive relief, and an order halting OpenAI's use of the confidential information, and names as defendants IO Products—the Jony Ive-linked company acquired by OpenAI—as well as former Apple employee Chang Liu. According to the report, Apple contends the technology was leveraged in consumer hardware development.
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