Tuesday, 1 September, 2026
Blame Game in Silicon Valley: OpenAI Deflects Apple's Trade-Secret Lawsuit
By TechShots Studio
OpenAI has hit back against Apple’s trade-secret theft lawsuit, asserting that the iPhone maker "has only itself to blame." Pushing back on claims that former Apple engineers mishandled confidential data, OpenAI attributed file access issues to Apple’s poor offboarding security and misdirected communications from Apple's own legal team—firmly denying any interest in possessing Apple's proprietary tech.