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Apple alleges former employee accessed circuit plans after joining OpenAI

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  • Apple told a U.S. federal court that former senior electrical engineer Chang Liu accessed a power converter circuit schematic while working at OpenAI.
  • The company said Liu used proprietary Apple information to train an AI agent in March 2026, based on evidence from a MacBook OpenAI provided during the legal proceedings.
  • Apple is seeking expedited discovery in its trade-secret case, while OpenAI has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.

Apple has accused a former senior engineer of accessing a confidential power converter circuit schematic after joining OpenAI, adding new evidence to its trade-secret lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker.

In a filing in U.S. federal court, Apple alleged that Chang Liu accessed the circuit while at OpenAI and trained an AI agent using proprietary Apple information in March 2026. Apple said the evidence emerged from a MacBook that OpenAI provided on August 21 as part of the proceedings.

Apple is asking the court to speed up discovery, the phase in which parties gather evidence. The allegation gives the company a new basis for pursuing its case against OpenAI and Liu.

OpenAI has sought to dismiss the lawsuit, saying it is building products that are "entirely new." The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

entirely new

— OpenAIOpenAI used the phrase while seeking dismissal of Apple's trade-secret lawsuit.
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