OpenAI filing says the files held images of an unreleased device

The filing claims the files held detailed images of a device that has not been released; the claim is unproven, and nobody outside court has seen the pictures.

On air: Hank Ledger on Wake Up, America
Published 5:06 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026
Updated 12:24 PM ET · aired 3 times

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At a glance

First reported by WSJ: “OpenAI Alleges Ex-Employee Took Confidential Files to Apple”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:06 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Hank Ledger; aired 3 times.
Topics: Apple, OpenAI.
BBN covered this story before: OpenAI alleges ex-employee took files to Apple (October 14).

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WSJOpenAI Alleges Ex-Employee Took Confidential Files to Apple

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThere is a new detail in the OpenAI claim against its former employee, and Lola Cruz is outside with it this morning.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside a quiet office building, and the new legal filing says those confidential files included detailed images of an unreleased device.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe claim is still only an allegation, and nothing has been proven.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorImages of a device.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentDetailed ones, according to the filing.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI covered twenty years of conflicts, and I have never seen a dispute where the main evidence is photographs nobody is allowed to look at.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the court gets to see the secret gadget, and we get a security guard waving us off.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThat's about right, Hank.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA man in a lanyard just told me the lobby is closed, and he refused to say what's behind the door.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLawyers are the only ones who have seen the new device, and that's the first time anybody has been jealous of a lawyer.

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