Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that former employees that now work for the AI company have stolen Apple's trade secrets "for the benefit of OpenAI." In its complaint , Apple alleges that it has uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple," and it names IO Products (Jony Ive's hardware startup that OpenAI bought in 2025 ), Tang Tan (OpenAI's chief hardware officer), and Chang Liu (who joined OpenAI from Apple in January) as defendants.