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Apple’s Trade Secret Case Against OpenAI Goes to Court

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Apple’s Trade Secret Case Against OpenAI Goes to Court

Apple and OpenAI were due in court Wednesday (Oct. 14) to argue for and against the merits of the iPhone maker’s trade secrets case against the artificial intelligence startup, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

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This is the first major public hearing in the high-profile lawsuit, according to the report. It could show how credible senior federal judge Edward J. Davila finds Apple’s case. The hearing is on two motions. One is by Apple, which wants an injunction to block OpenAI from accessing or using its trade secrets, or from deleting or concealing evidence. The other, from OpenAI, seeks to have the case dismissed.

Apple and OpenAI partnered in 2024 to embed ChatGPT into the iPhone operating system, although that relationship has since soured.

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Hundreds of ex-Apple workers have taken jobs with OpenAI, which is working on a personal AI device. The startup last year paid $6.4 billion to acquire io, the hardware company founded by former Apple design lead Jony Ive.

Now, Apple is claiming that OpenAI and two former Apple employees stole trade secrets, such as confidential product designs and proprietary information about its manufacturing processes. OpenAI contends that the iPhone maker filed a meritless lawsuit.

“This dispute is a mess of Apple’s own making , and it is trying to blame everyone else,” OpenAI said in a court filing in August.


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