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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (IT Home · Oct 14, 2026)

Court Allows Apple to Obtain OpenAI Hiring Interview Materials

KEY FACTS

  • A judge ruled that Apple may quickly access OpenAI hiring-related materials.
  • The materials involve interview records of former Apple employees who applied for OpenAI consumer hardware and robotics positions.
  • OpenAI must hand over organized materials within five days, and submit the rest within fourteen days.
  • The judge approved out-of-court depositions of Liu Chang, Peng Alisha, and Deng Yaotan.
  • The judge denied Apple's request to obtain OpenAI research and development materials including metal surface treatment.

KEY DATA

5 daysDeadline to hand over organized materials
14 daysDeadline to submit remaining materials

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

The court's release of hiring materials amounts to laying OpenAI's interview process for poaching Apple employees on the table. The hardware talent battle has escalated from covert warfare to courtroom discovery, a warning to engineers preparing to jump ship: what you bring to an interview and what you discuss can become courtroom evidence. Although Apple had some requests denied, it was allowed to reapply with a narrower scope, and the litigation is far from over.

Source: IT Home report