The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

July 13, 2026 Sarah Perez

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims.

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