In its ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI, Apple has filed what it describes as “shocking evidence” alleging that former employee Chang Liu stole confidential company data for OpenAI’s benefit. The evidence emerged after Liu’s legal counsel provided Liu’s former Apple work laptop for investigation. Apple claims that Liu utilized a confidential Apple circuit schematic and a tool with a name matching an internal Apple engineering application in his work at OpenAI. The company further alleges that OpenAI was aware of Liu’s access to Apple data and that Liu enlisted the help of OpenAI colleague Yu-Ting Peng to destroy evidence when he learned of Apple’s investigation.

Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent OpenAI from developing hardware based on Apple’s technology while the case proceeds, as well as expedited discovery, citing the potential involvement of additional former employees. According to Apple’s initial filing, over 400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI. OpenAI has defended Liu, stating that he accessed Apple files after his employment to assist former colleagues, attributing the access to Apple’s failure to properly manage system access for departing employees. However, Apple contends that Liu maintained access by exploiting a previously unknown authentication bug. Source

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