{"id":3981,"date":"2026-07-17T17:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:45:06","slug":"apple-openai-lawsuit-vergecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3981","title":{"rendered":"The real thinking behind Apple\u2019s OpenAI lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964350\/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets\">Apple is suing OpenAI<\/a>. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-lawsuit-openai-trade-secrets-what-smart-people-are-saying-2026-7\">the ways things are done<\/a>. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/vergecast\">this episode of <em>The Vergecast<\/em><\/a>, Nilay and David go through the lawsuit, and look at Apple\u2019s history of splashy litigation to determine whether Apple is worried about a possible competitor or simply looking to capitalize on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/965294\/openai-apple-trade-secrets-lawsuit-sam-altman-ipo\">a weak moment for OpenAI<\/a>. All this is happening as Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964307\/apple-public-betas-ios-27-siri-ai\">ships the public betas<\/a> of its new software, headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964714\/siri-ai-public-beta-preview-ios-27-hands-on\">the new Siri AI<\/a>, and we have thoughts about what it all means \u2014 and whether the new Siri is actually any good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/967244\/apple-openai-lawsuit-vergecast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI? 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