One focus of the claims related to a former Apple employee called Chang Liu, who moved to OpenAI. Here’s a brief timeline of events:July 10: Apple sues OpenAI, accusing former Apple employees of systematically stealing Apple trade secrets to benefit future OpenAI hardwareJuly 10: OpenAI responds with a brief denialJuly 14: OpenAI provides an updated response, saying it has seen no evidence supporting Apple’s claims. Crucially, during the onboarding process, Apple encourages new hires to use their preexisting personal Apple IDs with this iCloud account, through which their co-workers can share internal Apple documents and other files with them. Apple says this didn’t play a roleHowever, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber points out that Apple specifically says in its filing that the documents in question were not stored on iCloud. The apparent goal of this arrangement is to avoid the need for Apple employees to carry two iPhones – personal and work.