OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device

Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An ⁠ OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal ⁠account and later ⁠made

The Guardian|Wed, 14 October 2026 at 20:31

Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown

An ⁠ OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal ⁠account and later ⁠made a presentation about the unreleased product to senior Apple leadership, a new filing in the lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple alleges.

In the filing ⁠in US federal court in San Jose, California, OpenAI alleged that the presentation happened months ago and that Apple is now making ⁠AI products of its own, citing the release of Apple’s HomeView product this week.

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