{"id":14861,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14861"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:30","slug":"openai-says-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-is-rotten-to-its-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14861","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI says Apple\u2019s trade secrets lawsuit is \u2018rotten to its core\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Jess Weatherbed<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 6, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo collage of Sam Altman in front of the OpenAI logo.\" data-caption=\"\" 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\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25431704\/STK201_SAM_ALTMAN_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=4.7487503051758,18.543864880511,95.251249694824,81.456135119489\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple&#8217;s landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as &#8220;meritless.&#8221; In <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.474095\/gov.uscourts.cand.474095.59.0.pdf\">a motion filed yesterday<\/a> to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup&#8217;s employees as theft, and &#8220;generic&#8221; product development information as &#8220;trade secrets,&#8221; adding that Apple made no reasonable efforts to maintain such secrecy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dismissal request is in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964350\/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets\">lawsuit filed by Apple in July<\/a>, alleging that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964843\/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims\">former Apple employees<\/a> that went on to work for OpenAI stole confidential documents to further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/781854\/openai-chatgpt-hardware-rumors-smart-speaker-glasses-pin\">OpenAI \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/976042\/openai-apple-trade-secrets-lawsuit-dismissal-request\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/976042\/openai-apple-trade-secrets-lawsuit-dismissal-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess Weatherbed &bull; August 6, 2026 OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple&#8217;s landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as &#8220;meritless.&#8221; In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup&#8217;s employees as<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14861\" 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-14861","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\/14861","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=14861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}