OpenAI claims 100-plus secret files followed ex-employee back to Apple

Apple's trade secrets spat with OpenAI has taken a new turn, with the ChatGPT maker accusing a former employee of taking more than 100 confidential files about its unreleased hardware back to Cupertino. In a court filing submitted Wednesday, OpenAI claims the unnamed employee, who joined from Apple before returning to the iPhone maker just six months later, transferred sensitive documents to his personal accounts before leaving. The filing alleges the files included detailed images of at least one unreleased OpenAI device, engineering and manufacturing data, supplier information, and project files, along with specifications for cosmetic finishes and reports on coating and sealing hardware components. According to the filing, some were transferred just after midnight in Singapore on June 2, which the filing claims was the employee's final day at OpenAI. But OpenAI claims the information didn't simply disappear into a personal inbox. …