# Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI > Source: > Published: 2026-07-17 17:41:32+00:00 [Apple is suing OpenAI](/tech/964350/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets). The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just [the ways things are done](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-lawsuit-openai-trade-secrets-what-smart-people-are-saying-2026-7). So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI? # Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI Also on The Vergecast: Siri AI is here, OnePlus is leaving, and the cracking face emoji is coming. Also on The Vergecast: Siri AI is here, OnePlus is leaving, and the cracking face emoji is coming. On [this episode of The Vergecast](https://pod.link/vergecast), Nilay and David go through the lawsuit, and look at Apple’s history of splashy litigation to determine whether Apple is worried about a possible competitor or simply looking to capitalize on [a weak moment for OpenAI](/ai-artificial-intelligence/965294/openai-apple-trade-secrets-lawsuit-sam-altman-ipo). All this is happening as Apple [ships the public betas](/tech/964307/apple-public-betas-ios-27-siri-ai)of its new software, headlined by [the new Siri AI](/tech/964714/siri-ai-public-beta-preview-ios-27-hands-on), and we have thoughts about what it all means — and whether the new Siri is actually any good. After all that, the hosts turn to the week’s gadget news, which includes leaks about [OpenAI gadgets](/ai-artificial-intelligence/965670/openai-chatgpt-ai-smart-speaker-hardware-device) and [Pixel phones](/tech/964972/google-pixel-11-colors-rumor), and [OnePlus bailing on the US and Europe](/tech/966404/oneplus-oppo-us-europe-withdrawal-realme). The Samsung-Apple duopoly continues to rule in the US, and it looks [increasingly hard for anyone to challenge](/tech/966274/oneplus-never-had-a-chance-in-the-us). Unless you just go and buy T-Mobile. Finally, in the lightning round, we catch up on [Brendan Carr](/policy/966283/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-brendan-carr), the latest [chaos in your X feed](/tech/965360/x-algorithm-tweak-mutuals-strangers-community), the [cracking face emoji](/news/965537/the-new-cracking-face-emoji-might-be-an-all-timer), the [foothills of the singularity](/tech/965270/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-global-ai-watchdog), and more. [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39u5ZEfYDEO5PaNRWyqloGY6zzJ1fjBa) | [Listen](https://bit.ly/3hkwRl2) | [Get ad-free](/bulletin/795051/verge-podcast-ad-free-set-up-how-to) In case you missed it this week: We also [ranked AI gadgets](/podcast/965027/ai-gadgets-ranked-vergecast), [listened to AI music](/podcast/965581/suno-ai-music-vergecast), [debated our review of the Steam Machine](/podcast/966185/steam-machine-review-feedback-vergecast), and [learned about AI detectors](/ai-artificial-intelligence/966719/the-one-ai-detector-people-actually-trust). And we want to hear all your thoughts about all of it! Call the Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11, send us an email at vergecast@theverge.com, and tell us everything that’s on your mind. And make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! **Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.