Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets

Re:Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade... by anon373839 on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:22PM (#48867993)

I agree that both companies have sufficient capital that legal resources are a a wash. But:

> It's going to end most other corporate courtroom tangles: with an undisclosed settlement and a well-publicized partnership.

This we don't know. We don't know what Apple wants to accomplish with this suit. They may be more interested in the injunctive relief than the monetary recovery. They may want to weaken OpenAI as part of a strategic pivot toward marketing local, private AI inference. As everyone has noted, the factual allegations are detailed and extensive - Apple likely has OpenAI dead to rights on this.

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Re:Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade... by yugioh3 on Saturday July 11, 2026 @12:09AM (#48868646)

Exactly. what financial benefit can Apple get from a nonexistent OAI hardware business with no launched products? What actual harm has been caused so far? This is all about preempting future harm by slowing their product launch by years or, like Waymo/Uber, forcing OAI’s hand to cut losses and sunset their hardware ambitions permanently.

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Re:Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade... by asadotzler on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:33PM (#48875033)

They may just want to cow workers a bit more. This would be par for the course in Silicon Valley, keep workers scared and suppress wages however possible.

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