APPLE FINDS “SHOCKING EVIDENCE” IN EX-EMPLOYEE'S MACBOOK

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Apple says new forensic evidence from a former engineer's laptop strengthens its trade-secret theft lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that ex-employee Chang Liu used confidential Apple engineering files in his OpenAI work, discussed the unauthorized data access internally, instructed a colleague to destroy evidence during Apple's investigation, and worked with a tool sharing the name of an internal Apple application—claims Apple argues justify accelerated discovery because the alleged trade secrets may already have been incorporated into AI systems.