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Apple escalates trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI over departing employees

Apple Inc. filed expanded court papers in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI Inc., alleging additional former employees may have taken confidential information to the AI company. OpenAI responded with a blog post titled "Apple is getting this wrong," presenting documented evidence to counter the allegations.

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Apple escalates trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI over departing employees
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Apple filed expanded court papers claiming additional former employees may have taken confidential information to OpenAI, escalating a trade secrets dispute. OpenAI responded with a blog post titled "Apple is getting this wrong" presenting documented evidence to counter the allegations.

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[Read article](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai/) - Press
[Read article](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/974914/openai-blog-response-apple-lawsuit-messages)

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