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OpenAI turned to trade secret misappropriation to free-ride off Apple's decades of innovation instead of investing what legitimate hardware development would require.
Apple's complaint alleges OpenAI chose to steal trade secrets rather than fund genuine R&D to compete in hardware. ✦ AI generated
Apple (lawsuit) · Big Technology · 2026-07-13 · original ↗
Rather than investing what legitimate development would require, OpenAI has turned to trade secret misappropriation to free-ride off Apple’s decades of innovation.
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- ·OpenAI accused of trade secret misappropriation
- ·Alleged free-riding off Apple's decades of innovation
- ·OpenAI avoided investing in legitimate development
- ·Claim made in Apple's lawsuit
- ·Legitimate hardware R&D requires real investment
- ·OpenAI allegedly chose theft over that investment
- ·Apple frames this as exploiting its innovation history
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Apple's new lawsuit against OpenAI over trade secrets looks like more smoke than fire.Ben Thompson · Stratechery · conf 85%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.Ben Thompson · Platformer · conf 85%OpenAI has no interest in other companies' trade secrets and is focused solely on building innovative technology.OpenAI · Big Technology · conf 80%