OpenAI wants Apple’s trade-secrets case thrown out before the companies move deeper into discovery. On Aug. 5, the ChatGPT maker asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI and two former Apple employees of misappropriating confidential information to accelerate its consumer-hardware plans. OpenAI argues that Apple failed to identify legally protectable trade secrets or plausibly show that the defendants misused them. “OpenAI has no use, need or desire for Apple’s trade secrets. The dispute is especially significant because OpenAI and Apple currently have a partnership that brings ChatGPT capabilities into Apple products, including Siri.