OpenAI raids Apple's talent and manufacturing pool for its AI dreamIn September 2025, it was reported that OpenAI was going after some of Apple's best people, as well as talking to iPhone component manufacturers. District judge assigned to Apple's OpenAI trade secrets lawsuitOn July 23, Apple's trade secrets suit against OpenAI took a step forward. Confidential Apple files followed former employees to OpenAI through iCloudAn August 3 report into Apple's OpenAI lawsuit revealed that iCloud has become a factor in document access after an employee leaves the company. The injunction asked to bar OpenAI and two former Apple employees from acquiring or using allegedly confidential information. If the OpenAI employees did what they were accused of, they would've already gained access to the information and used it.