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OpenAI rejects Apple’s trade-secret theft claims, citing absent confidential proof
Sep 1, 2026SOURCE: reuters.com
SO WHAT
In the thousand-day window, litigation over “who owns the mind” signals a tightening around model access and data rights. Expect more gating, less sharing.
OpenAI says Apple failed to show any trade secrets were actually taken by former employees. The wire here is about ownership of intelligence, not just labor.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.