{
  "id": 14613921,
  "title": "OpenAI Accuses Ex-Employee Now At Apple Of Taking Files On Unreleased Device",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/openai-accuses-ex-employee-now-at-apple-of-taking-files-on-unreleased",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-15T04:05:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/after-bugging-incident-openai-accuses-ex-employee-now-at-apple-of-taking-files-on-unreleased-device"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI has accused a former employee who now works at Apple of distributing over 100 files containing information about an unreleased product to a personal email account. The employee then allegedly presented this undisclosed product to high-ranking Apple officials. Apple maintains its innocence and claims it has not found any evidence to support OpenAI's allegations. The controversy arose from a recent lawsuit filed by Apple in a US federal court in San Jose, California. OpenAI accuses Apple of stealing intellectual property, which has led to Apple seeking expedited access to digital files belonging to its former employees. Apple's lawyers argue that the two personal phone numbers Openai cited as receiving the files do not correspond to the number used by the employee while working at OpenAI. Apple also asserts that its review of relevant repositories did not reveal any OpenAI files on its servers. The case stems from Apple's claim that employees allegedly took confidential data to OpenAI's hardware division. OpenAI denies these allegations.",
  "summary": "OpenAI has alleged that a former employee who moved to Apple sent more than 100 files on an unreleased product to a personal account and later presented that product to senior Apple executives. Apple denies it and says its own checks have turned up nothing to back the claim. What OpenAI alleges The allegation appears in a filing made in a US federal court in San Jose, California. OpenAI says the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "OpenAI employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device, OpenAI alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/openai-employee-who-left-for-apple-took-files-about-unreleased-device",
        "published": "2026-10-15T03:59:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device, OpenAI alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/openai-employee-who-left-for-apple-took-files-about-unreleased-device-14613399",
        "published": "2026-10-15T04:46:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}