OpenAI said on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, that it is "not aware of any evidence" that an Apple lawsuit alleging trade-secret theft has merit. Apple filed the suit four days earlier, on July 10, 2026, claiming OpenAI took proprietary technology to help develop its own family of AI-powered hardware devices. The statement is OpenAI's first substantive public response to the claim. The dispute centers on OpenAI's move into consumer devices, an area where Apple alleges its confidential technology was used.