• September 1, 2026
OpenAI Buys Tens of Thousands of Macs for AI Agent Training — While Apple Sues It for Trade Secret Theft

The Information reports OpenAI has bought tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer-use AI agents, triggering global shortages that Tim Cook says will last months. The same day, Apple filed “shocking evidence” in its trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a former engineer used a confidential circuit schematic at OpenAI and destroyed evidence. The AI era’s strangest business relationship is now fully exposed.