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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Secrets

technologyJuly 13, 2026·137 words·2 min read

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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Secrets

Apple has taken OpenAI to court. OpenAI made the chatbot called ChatGPT. Apple says OpenAI stole its trade secrets. Trade secrets are a company's private plans and designs. Apple also blames two men who used to work for Apple. They now work for OpenAI. Apple says they took secret files.

The two companies were friends before. In 2024, Apple put ChatGPT into the iPhone. But this year Apple started using Google's help instead. Then OpenAI began to make its own hardware. It paid a lot of money to buy a small company. Apple says one man emailed himself secret work information.

OpenAI said it did nothing wrong. It said it does not want other companies' secrets. Apple wants money. It also wants a court to stop OpenAI. OpenAI plans to sell its first hardware product this month.

Key Vocabulary

n.: a place where judges decide cases
n.: a company's secret plans and designs
v.: say someone did the bad thing
n.: machines and parts you can touch
n.: facts and details
n.: a thing made to sell

Vocabulary Translations· 6 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 judges decide cases

tòa ántribunal裁判所mahkemetribunalsądمحكمةrechtbankсуд法院법원

trade secretsn.

a company's secret plans and designs

bí mật thương mạisegredos comerciais企業秘密ticari sırlarsecretos comercialestajemnice handloweالأسرار التجاريةhandelsgeheimenкоммерческие тайны商业机密영업 비밀

blamev.

say someone did the bad thing

đổ lỗi; quy trách nhiệmculpar責める；非難するsuçlamakculparobwiniaćيلومde schuld gevenобвинять责怪；归咎탓하다; 비난하다

hardwaren.

machines and parts you can touch

phần cứnghardware (equipamento físico)ハードウェア（機器）donanımhardware (equipos físicos)sprzęt (hardware)الأجهزة (المعدات)hardware (apparatuur)оборудование; аппаратура硬件하드웨어 (기기)

informationn.

facts and details

thông tininformação情報bilgiinformacióninformacjeمعلوماتinformatieинформация信息정보

productn.

a thing made to sell

sản phẩmproduto製品ürünproductoproduktمنتجproductпродукт; товар产品제품

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Question 1: True or False

OpenAI made ChatGPT.

Apple put ChatGPT into a car.

Apple wants to give OpenAI money.

OpenAI said it did nothing wrong.

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What did Apple do to OpenAI?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What did OpenAI do with a lot of money?

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Question 5: Fill in the Blank

OpenAI wants to build its own ______ and sell it to people.

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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Secrets

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