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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kaitlyn Huamani and Matt O'Brien

Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

Apple OpenAI Lawsuit - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company.

Apple said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court that the theft of its trade secrets was part of a “coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level” by OpenAI.

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