OpenAI publishes blog post responding to Apple trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI published a public blog post on August 4, 2026, calling Apple's trade secrets lawsuit wrong and unfair. Apple had sued OpenAI in July, claiming that two former Apple employees gave confidential information to OpenAI's hardware team. One was an iPhone engineer, the other a design executive who spent 25 years at Apple. Apple wants a court order to stop OpenAI from using any of this information. OpenAI denied the accusations and called the lawsuit careless and oddly personal. To support its position, OpenAI released internal messages. These messages suggest that Apple staff contacted the former employees after they had already left the company, asking for technical help.