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• July 18, 2026

Apple filed a trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not pulling any punches. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching back to OpenAI’s hardware director and claims that more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully covered, and the timing couldn’t