Apple filed a motion on Monday asking a US judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former employees, both now working for OpenAI, and OpenAI, the company that created and maintains ChatGPT, from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as ‌it moves ahead with its trade secrets case. Last month Apple sued OpenAI and its two former employees claiming that there was a misappropriation of Apple’s trade secrets and that those trade secrets benefited the ChatGPT owner’s ​breakout into consumer hardware. In addition, Apple claimed that it would be ” irreparably harmed absent a preliminary injunction.” Apple also filed a motion for expedited discovery on Monday, including production of documents relating to the defendants’ alleged access ​of Apple’s confidential information. A response from the court for the preliminary injunction is expected in the coming months.