This Saturday, Apple has filed a major federal lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a systematic campaign of trade secret theft. Both the *Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal* and *Arise News* confirm Apple accuses OpenAI of encouraging former Apple employees to share confidential hardware information to speed up OpenAI's entry into consumer devices.

Specifically, Apple's 41-page complaint names OpenAI's Chief Hardware Officer, Tang Yew Tan, and former Apple electrical engineer, Chang Liu. *Compute