1 September 2026
Apple alleges OpenAI employee stole designs, destroyed evidence
First reported
TechCrunch and The Verge ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Apple filed court documents claiming former employee Chang Liu downloaded a confidential circuit schematic and used it in his work at OpenAI.
- Liu's old work laptop, which OpenAI delayed handing over for weeks, contained messages discussing destroying forensic data after Apple began investigating in June.
How it was covered
Reported by The Verge, TechCrunch