Apple presents ‘shocking evidence’ in OpenAI lawsuit, accuses ex-employee of stealing trade secrets

BitcoinWorld Apple presents ‘shocking evidence’ in OpenAI lawsuit, accuses ex-employee of stealing trade secrets Apple has filed new evidence in its lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a former employee used stolen trade secrets to benefit the AI startup and attempted to destroy evidence.

The filing, made public this week, comes after the legal counsel for Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer now working at OpenAI, handed over Liu’s old Apple work laptop for investigation.

Apple claims the laptop contains what it calls “shocking evidence” that Liu used a confidential Apple circuit schematic in his work at OpenAI, along with a tool that shares a name with an internal Apple engineering application.

Background of the lawsuit and new allegations Apple filed the lawsuit in late 2024, accusing Liu of breaching his employment agreement and stealing trade secrets when he left to join OpenAI.