Apple says OpenAI is destroying evidence in trade secrets case

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple escalated its legal battle against OpenAI, claiming in a new court filing that OpenAI is actively destroying crucial evidence and that former iPhone engineer Chang Liu “not only downloaded a confidential Apple circuit schematic but also used it in his work” at the AI company. The court brief was filed on Aug 31 in support of Apple’s motion for expedited pre-trial fact-finding in the lawsuit, which accuses the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets. OpenAI has pushed to have the case dismissed.Liu, who left Apple for OpenAI in January, is central to the case. He is one of more than 400 former Apple employees who went to work for the AI company, which is making a foray into the market for hardware devices.According to the latest filing, OpenAI “only recently” provided