Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
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Apple is suing OpenAI, claiming the company stole trade secrets (proprietary information that gives a company competitive advantage) to build an AI device, and alleges that OpenAI is destroying evidence by deleting forensic data (digital records that investigators use to understand what happened on computers). Apple is asking the court to speed up the discovery process (the legal phase where both sides share documents and evidence) because a MacBook from a former employee contained discussions about destroying this evidence.
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/987575/apple-openai-destroying-evidence-trade-secrets-lawsuit
First tracked: September 1, 2026 at 08:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%