New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- OpenAI has hit back at Apple's trade secret lawsuit, publishing a detailed blog early Tuesday (4 August), that includes iMessage exchanges and email correspondences. OpenAI is contesting Apple's attempt to secure a preliminary injunction against two former Apple staff members and the ChatGPT maker itself.

A corporate rivalry that has simmered for months spilt into open confrontation this week, as OpenAI used a lengthy public statement to dismantle Apple's accusations of trade secrets theft, hours after the iPhone maker asked a US court to freeze the ChatGPT maker's access to disputed material.

Apple on Monday (3 August) asked a US judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former employees and OpenAI from access...