--- title: OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different. description: Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that former Apple employees took confidential hardware trade secrets when they joined OpenAI's AI hardware... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different. | daily.dev og:description: Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that former Apple employees took confidential hardware trade secrets when they joined OpenAI's AI hardware... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eUskJ6j6L.png og:image:alt: OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different. **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that former Apple employees took confidential hardware trade secrets when they joined OpenAI's AI hardware division. Unlike previous AI lawsuits focused on copyright and training data, this case centers on hardware intellectual property. OpenAI has denied the claims. The case highlights a broader shift in AI legal battles as companies expand from software into physical devices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T14:40:09.657Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:51:19.098Z","description":"Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that former Apple employees took confidential hardware trade secrets when they joined OpenAI's AI hardware...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-being-sued-again-but-this-time-it-s-different--euskj6j6l","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"apple,openai,gpu","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI Is Being Sued… Again. But This Time It’s Different."}]} ```