OpenAI's Defense in Apple Lawsuit: Former Employees Kept System Access

OpenAI claims Apple failed to revoke system credentials when employees departed, allowing former staff — sometimes unknowingly — to retain access to Apple files. The defense reframes Apple's trade secret lawsuit: not whether ex-employee Chang Liu took data, but whether Apple failed to deprovision him. OpenAI shared chat logs showing Apple colleagues asked Liu for help locating confidential files after he left.