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Apple sues OpenAI and ex-engineers for AI theft.

7/15/2026

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Apple Inc. sued OpenAI and former Apple engineers Chang Liu and Tang Tan for stealing AI architecture.
Apple’s counsel Gabriel Gross emailed OpenAI’s general counsel Che Chang with allegations, 13 minutes later sent a note to former Apple employee Wang, causing OpenAI’s reply to be missed.
After the mix-up, Gross apologized and was removed from the case.
The parties ended settlement talks, leaving discovery ongoing with no trial date set.

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Story summary

Apple Inc. sued OpenAI and former Apple engineers Chang Liu and Tang Tan for stealing AI architecture.
Apple’s counsel Gabriel Gross emailed OpenAI’s general counsel Che Chang with allegations, 13 minutes later sent a note to former Apple employee Wang, causing OpenAI’s reply to be missed.
After the mix-up, Gross apologized and was removed from the case.
The parties ended settlement talks, leaving discovery ongoing with no trial date set.