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  "id": 4770209,
  "title": "Apple alleges OpenAI employee accessed circuit plans after joining startup",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/apple-alleges-openai-employee-accessed-circuit-plans-after-joining",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:21:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/apple-alleges-openai-employee-accessed-circuit-plans-after-joining-startup/articleshow/133666149.cms"
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  "summary": "Apple alleged that Chang Liu, a former Apple senior system electrical engineer, accessed the circuit and trained an AI agent using proprietary Apple information in March 2026.",
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple reveals ‘shocking evidence’ from ex-employee’s MacBook in OpenAI suit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/apple-reveals-shocking-evidence-from-ex-employees-macbook-in-openai",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:20:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "New evidence shows OpenAI's trade secret theft & destruction of evidence, says Apple",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/new-evidence-shows-openais-trade-secret-theft-destruction-of-evidence",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:24:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Apple alleges OpenAI defendant accessed circuit schematic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/apple-alleges-openai-defendant-accessed-circuit-schematic",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:29:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Apple alleges OpenAI employee accessed circuit plans after joining startup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/apple-alleges-openai-employee-accessed-circuit-plans-after-joining",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:41:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/apple-shares-shocking-evidence-against-former-employee-accused-of",
        "published": "2026-09-01T00:13:00.000Z"
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  "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."
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