OpenAI tells court Apple created its own trade-secret mess as hardware lawsuit intensifies

OpenAI told a U.S. federal court that Apple’s trade-secret lawsuit is “a mess of Apple’s own making,” denying that former Apple staff stole confidential hardware information and arguing the iPhone maker is trying to slow a rival and deter further departures. The filing, lodged late Monday in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, is the latest turn in a dispute that has moved from a strained ChatGPT partnership into open litigation over consumer devices.