OpenAI accuses former employee of taking product plans to Apple

<figure> <img alt="Vector illustration of the Open AI logo." src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK155_OPEN_AI_2025_CVirgiia_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple. In <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28812737-openai-trade-secrets-claim/">a document filed on Wednesday</a>, OpenAI accuses the unnamed employee of sending this information to a personal account and then presenting it to Apple leadership, including the vice president of the company's operations in Asia.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The filing, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/openai-employee-who-left-apple-took-files-about-unreleased-device-openai-alleges-2026-10-14/">reported earlier by Reuters</a>, is tied to a legal battle between <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/964843/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims">Apple and OpenAI</a> over trade secrets - but this time, OpenAI is doing the accusing. It alleges that the files in question contain images of at least one unreleased device, along with supplier information, engineering data, and project files.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011276/openai-employee-unreleased-product-plans">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>