Apple has asked a US federal judge to restrict OpenAI’s hardware development, alleging the ChatGPT maker and two former Apple employees misappropriated confidential information. Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple and worked on the iPhone and Apple Watch, now leads OpenAI’s hardware efforts. As for Tan, OpenAI said he had repeatedly instructed his team not to use confidential information belonging to other companies. OpenAI said it had offered to work with Apple to resolve the dispute and insisted it neither possessed nor wanted Apple’s confidential information. The company has reportedly agreed to preserve evidence, prevent future access and halt any use of Apple information.