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PublishedJuly 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI
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Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has
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