OpenAI's Defense Against Apple: Former Employees Retained System Access After Departure

OpenAI claimed Apple failed to deprovision system access when employees depart, letting former staff access Apple files — sometimes unknowingly. The defense shifts the question in Apple's trade secret lawsuit from whether ex-employee Chang Liu took data to whether Apple failed to revoke his credentials. OpenAI published chat logs showing Apple colleagues asked Liu for help locating confidential files after he left.