{"id":738949,"date":"2026-07-15T09:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/openai-pushes-back-on-apple-trade-secret-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:10:31","slug":"openai-pushes-back-on-apple-trade-secret-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/openai-pushes-back-on-apple-trade-secret-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OpenAI pushed back Tuesday against allegations made by App<\/a>le in a trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint lacks merit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we take these allegations seriously, we\u2019re not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,\u201d OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by<\/a> Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X. \u201cWe believe in fair competition and allowing people the freedom to work wherever they choose, and we\u2019re focused on building innovative technology<\/a> that empowers people everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement comes several days after Apple filed a lawsuit against the AI lab, alleging that OpenAI employees, who previously worked at the iPhone maker, engaged in a coordinated effort to obtain confidential information and intellectual property. The 41-page complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, contains a string of allegations against OpenAI leadership, including Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan. Before joining OpenAI, Tan was a veteran at Apple, where he worked for 24 years and held top positions, including vice president of product design for the iPhone and Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

This is the first time OpenAI commented on the case itself. In its initial statement hours after Apple filed its lawsuit, it proclaimed a lack of interest in technology developed by other companies, telling TechCrunch: \u201cWe have no interest in other companies\u2019 trade secrets. We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple claims in its lawsuit that its internal investigation uncovered evidence that OpenAI and its partners used the company\u2019s confidential information as it develops its own hardware product.<\/p>\n

Reports, along with OpenAI\u2019s recent acquisition of Jony Ive\u2019s startup io, suggest the company is working on a device that could directly compete with Apple\u2019s business. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that OpenAI is working on a mobile, screen-free smart speaker<\/a>, described by people familiar with the plans as a \u201chumanlike AI companion\u201d designed to live in the home. <\/p>\n

The device reportedly has no screen, includes moving mechanical elements, and is being built with input from several former Apple engineers who worked on the iPhone and Mac.<\/p>\n

TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI for further comment and will update this article when the company responds. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OpenAI pushed back Tuesday against allegations made by Apple in a trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint lacks merit. \u201cWhile we take these allegations seriously, we\u2019re not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,\u201d OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X. \u201cWe believe in fair competition…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":738950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2197181367.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[77337,5029,141199],"class_list":["post-738949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-apple","tag-openai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}