Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a former Apple employee, Tang Tang, took proprietary files when he left to join OpenAI as Chief Hardware Officer. Apple claims Tang Tang brought his work laptop with "key files" when he departed.
“Apple alleges that Tang Tang brought his laptop with him, his Apple work laptop with him, including a bunch of key files.”
“Apple says, you're stealing our stuff.”
Heard on This Week in Tech — “TWiT 1092: You Brought a Knife to a Wolf Fight - Apple Accuses OpenAI of Trade Secret Theft”, published Monday, July 13, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.