Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft by 400+ ex-employees

apple sued openai in federal court, alleging the company systematically stole trade secrets by hiring over 400 former apple employees and advising them to take confidential files before resigning. the complaint names hardware executives tang tan and chang liu, claiming they downloaded proprietary data on unreleased products to aid openai's hardware division, which is building devices set for 2027. apple seeks a jury trial to stop these practices and force openai to destroy all stolen materials, signaling an aggressive legal escalation between the two former partners.