According to CoinMeta, Apple Inc. sued OpenAI for stealing trade secrets. Subsequently, OpenAI applied to withdraw the lawsuit, requesting a federal judge to dismiss Apple's trade secret theft claims, stating that Apple's accusations lacked basis. The lawyer for OpenAI argued that Apple's lawsuit misdescribed the actions of the company's employees. They emphasized that the senior executive in charge of hardware business at OpenAI followed industry-standard hiring practices during interviews with Apple employees. The employees accused of stealing secrets were actually helping their former colleagues at Apple.