Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) filed suit in U.S. court alleging OpenAI obtained
unpublished product information — including design drawings, parts
specifications and engineering documents — via former Apple employees to develop
AI hardware. Apple says OpenAI and its head of hardware, Tang Tan, were involved
and is seeking an injunction to stop the conduct and an order to destroy the
alleged confidential materials. Tang, who led hardware development for iPhone,
Apple Watch and AirPods, left Apple in 2024 to join AI hardware startup io
Products, which OpenAI acquired for $6.5 billion. Apple said it had previously
worked with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence and Siri but
relations soured amid AI-hardware competition and talent recruitment; Apple says
more than 400 former employees have joined OpenAI.
