{"id":15243645,"date":"2026-08-06T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/openai-says-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-is-rotten-to-its-core\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:33:37","slug":"openai-says-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-is-rotten-to-its-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/openai-says-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-is-rotten-to-its-core\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI says Apple\u2019s trade secrets lawsuit is \u2018rotten to its core\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<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&amp;strip=all&amp;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 class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/976042\/openai-apple-trade-secrets-lawsuit-dismissal-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TECH &#8211; AI &#8211; The Verge AI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15243647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15243645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c.webp",2040,1360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-620x413.webp",620,413,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-768x512.webp",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-940x627.webp",940,627,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-1536x1024.webp",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c.webp",2040,1360,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-998x665.webp",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-670x446.webp",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-1340x894.webp",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-510x510.webp",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-160x160.webp",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-24x24.webp",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-48x48.webp",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-96x96.webp",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243645-stk201_sam_altman_cvirginia_c-300x300.webp",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/tech\/ai\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AI<\/a>","tag_info":"AI","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15243645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15243646,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243645\/revisions\/15243646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15243647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15243645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15243645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15243645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}