Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
July 13, 2026 at 05:58 PM · Updated 96d ago
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(opens the publisher’s site)Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI and two former employees of stealing confidential product development information.
- Apple filed the lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Apple alleges that OpenAI employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu emailed themselves confidential Apple documents and used them in recruiting.
- Apple said it sent a letter to OpenAI in February raising concerns and received no response.
- OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said the company has no interest in other companies' trade secrets.
Latest developments
- Apple accused former employee Chang Liu of exploiting a rare zero-day authentication bug to download confidential files weeks after leaving for OpenAI.
- Apple said server logs show Liu was the only person to exploit the bug for data theft, though the vulnerability could have been accessed by others.