Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI is largely sour-grapes whining from a company losing the AI race, and its underlying premise — that it owns not just employees' laptops but their minds and knowledge — is objectionable.

Analyst Ben Thompson argues that, aside from Chang Liu's alleged document theft, Apple's suit reads like sour grapes from a company that lost the AI race and improperly asserts ownership over employees' knowledge itself. ✦ AI generated

Ben Thompson · Platformer · 2026-07-14 · original ↗

Ben Thompson argues that, Liu's actions aside, the lawsuit reads like whining from a company that lost the AI race. Employees "are being told loud and clear that Apple doesn't just think it owns your laptop, but also your mind and knowledge," he writes. "I think it mostly stinks."

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