Apple has alleged in a new court filing that a defendant in its trade secret case against OpenAI accessed a power converter circuit schematic after joining the startup. Apple says the evidence came from a MacBook the company reviewed as part of the legal proceedings and is now asking the court to speed up discovery.
Apple alleged on Monday that a defendant in its trade secret case against OpenAI accessed a power converter circuit schematic while at OpenAI, according to a filing in U.S. federal court.
New evidence from a company laptop
Apple alleges that Chang Liu, a former Apple senior system electrical engineer, accessed the circuit and trained an AI agent using proprietary Apple information in March 2026. According to Apple, the new evidence came to light from a MacBook computer OpenAI provided to Apple on August 21 as part of legal proceedings.
As a result, Apple is asking a U.S. federal court to expedite discovery proceedings in the trade secret case against OpenAI.
OpenAI's response
OpenAI has sought to dismiss Apple's lawsuit, saying it is building products that are entirely new. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Apple's latest filing.
Source: Investing.com
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