{"id":14578,"date":"2026-08-04T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14578"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:00:27","slug":"openai-drags-apples-lawsuit-into-the-court-of-public-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14578","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI drags Apple\u2019s lawsuit into the court of public opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Jess Weatherbed<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 4, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Altman with OpenAI logo on green and grey background.\" data-caption=\"OpenAI says Apple\u2019s lawsuit is \u201ccareless, aggressive, and oddly personal.\u201d | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/STK201_SAM_ALTMAN_CVIRGINIA2D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tOpenAI says Apple\u2019s lawsuit is \u201ccareless, aggressive, and oddly personal.\u201d | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple&#8217;s legal battle against OpenAI just got messier now that the ChatGPT-maker has publicly aired receipts to counter Apple&#8217;s version of events. In a blog post published overnight titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/apple-is-getting-this-wrong\/\">Apple is getting this wrong<\/a>,&#8221; OpenAI said that Apple&#8217;s lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets is &#8220;careless, aggressive, and oddly personal,&#8221; sharing iMessage and email exchanges to challenge allegations central to the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn&#8217;t a legal response from OpenAI, but it&#8217;s an attempt to sway the court of public opinion by poking contradictions into Apple&#8217;s case using cherry-picked communications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964350\/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets\">lawsuit filed by Apple last month<\/a> primarily rev \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/974914\/openai-blog-response-apple-lawsuit-messages\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/974914\/openai-blog-response-apple-lawsuit-messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess Weatherbed &bull; August 4, 2026 OpenAI says Apple\u2019s lawsuit is \u201ccareless, aggressive, and oddly personal.\u201d | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images Apple&#8217;s legal battle against OpenAI just got messier now that the ChatGPT-maker has publicly aired receipts to counter Apple&#8217;s version of events. In a blog post published overnight titled &#8220;Apple<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14578\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}