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Report: How an email mistake derailed talks between Apple and OpenAI ahead of the lawsuit

9to5Mac • Wed, 15 Jul 2026

Report: How an email mistake derailed talks between Apple and OpenAI ahead of the lawsuit

NBC News reports that talks between Apple and OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft broke down after an outside lawyer for Apple mistakenly emailed the wrong OpenAI employee and confused their interactions. Here are the details.

What happened?

NBC News reports that talks between Apple and OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft broke down after an outside lawyer for Apple mistakenly emailed the wrong OpenAI employee and confused their interactions. Here are the details.

Story details

NBC News reports that talks between Apple and OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft broke down after an outside lawyer for Apple mistakenly emailed the wrong OpenAI employee and confused their interactions.

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