New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Sam Altman's OpenAI accused Apple of filing a "careless, aggressive and oddly personal" lawsuit, saying the allegations and Apple's handling of the dispute fall short of the company's reputation for attention to detail.

Apple, on Monday, asked a US judge to bar OpenAI and two former employees from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as it pursues its trade secrets case.

In an open letter titled "Apple is getting this wrong," OpenAI said, "This careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit sadly doesn't live up to that reputation."

OpenAI disputed Apple's claim that it had contacted the company in February without receiving a response, saying Apple's outside lawyers had email...