# OpenAI: Here's What Apple's Trade Secret Theft Lawsuit Gets Wrong

> Source: <https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/166540/openai-heres-what-apples-trade-secret-theft-lawsuit-gets-wrong>
> Published: 2026-08-04 15:00:47+00:00

The company is trying to win public support as Apple claims 11 additional OpenAI staffers may have also illegally used the iPhone maker's trade secrets.

OpenAI is responding to an 
Apple lawsuit
 that accuses it of trade secret theft by taking the legal battle to the 
court of public opinion
.
“Apple is getting this wrong,” OpenAI says in a