Sam Altman’s OpenAI in open letter to Apple on ‘theft’ charges: You are getting it all wrong

OpenAI has stopped answering Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit in one-line statements. On Monday, the company published a public letter titled “Apple is getting this wrong,” posted within hours of Apple walking into a California federal court to ask for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI and two former Apple employees now on its payroll. The tone was not lawyerly. It was personal.

The letter’s central argument is that Apple’s timeline does not survive contact with the paperwork.