Bug Bitten Secrets: The Apple OpenAI Fallout Exposes AI's Shadowy Side A lawsuit filed by Apple last week accuses OpenAI of conspiring with former employees to steal trade secrets and use them for their own gain.
At the heart of this controversy is an alleged bug discovered by a former engineer that temporarily allowed access to confidential information on Apple servers.
Chang Liu, who left Apple in January 2026 to join OpenAI, was accused of discovering an authentication bug on February 9, which he then used to download files detailing various aspects of Apple's business over several weeks.