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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Secrets

technologyJuly 13, 2026·97 words·1 min read

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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Secrets
Apple has taken OpenAI to court. OpenAI made ChatGPT. Apple says OpenAI stole its secrets. These are Apple's private plans. Apple also blames two men. They used to work for Apple. Now they work for OpenAI.
The two companies were friends before. Apple put ChatGPT in the iPhone. But now Apple uses Google instead. OpenAI wants to make its own hardware. Apple says the men took secret files.
OpenAI says it did nothing wrong. It does not want other companies' secrets. Apple wants money. Apple wants a court to help. OpenAI will sell a new product soon.

Key Vocabulary

n.
a place where a judge decides who is right
v.
says someone did the bad thing
adj.
only for some people, not for everyone
n.
the machine parts you can touch, like a phone
n.
a thing that a company makes to sell
Vocabulary Translations· 5 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

courtn.

a place where a judge decides who is right

tòa ántribunal裁判所mahkemetribunalsądمحكمةrechtbankсуд法庭법원
blamev.

says someone did the bad thing

đổ lỗiculpa責めるsuçluyorculpaobwiniaيلومgeeft de schuldобвиняет指责;怪罪탓하다; 비난하다
privateadj.

only for some people, not for everyone

riêng tưprivado非公開の;私的なözel; gizliprivadoprywatnyخاصprivéчастный; секретный私密的비공개의; 사적인
hardwaren.

the machine parts you can touch, like a phone

phần cứnghardware (equipamento físico)ハードウェア(機器本体)donanımhardware (equipo físico)sprzęt (hardware)العتاد (الأجهزة المادية)hardware (apparatuur)оборудование; «железо»硬件(可触摸的设备)하드웨어 (기기 장치)
productn.

a thing that a company makes to sell

sản phẩmproduto製品ürünproductoproduktمنتجproductпродукт; товар产品제품

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Question 1: True or False

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The two companies were friends before.

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OpenAI wants money.

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The two men still work for Apple.

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OpenAI will sell a new product soon.

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Where did Apple take OpenAI?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What does OpenAI say about itself?

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