Apple sues OpenAI, two former employees for trade secrets theft
Apple says OpenAI used former employees to obtain confidential product data as the company seeks to block further use of the material and recover damages.
- On Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the artificial intelligence lab engaged in trade secret theft to develop its own consumer hardware.
- Relations between the companies chilled after OpenAI purchased IO Products for $6.4 billion last year, marking the lab's direct competition with Apple's consumer electronics business.
- OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan allegedly directed job candidates to bring 'actual parts' from Apple to interviews for "'show and tell' sessions in which he and his team at OpenAI can elicit still more Apple confidential information," Apple said in the filing.
- Apple is asking the court to bar OpenAI from using or disclosing its trade secrets and require the company to return confidential materials and preserve evidence related to the case.
- While ChatGPT remains integrated into Apple Intelligence, Apple is shifting its Siri assistant to Google's Gemini AI models, though the company did not comment on whether the lawsuit affects the ongoing partnership.
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The theft is part of a "coordinated pattern of misconduct," according to the lawsuit filed in California. Two former Apple employees are accused.
Apple sues OpenAI, 2 ex-employees for alleged trade secrets theft | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Apple sued OpenAI and two former employees today, alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-owner’s foray into consumer hardware, in a dramatic escalation of already simmering tension between the two companies.
Watch Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. Apple alleges that OpenAI encouraged Apple employees to share information, components, drawings and other materials related to upcoming products. Mark Gurman reports.
Apple accuses several of its former employees of having made confidential information available to ChatGPT's parent company, which had recruited them.
The U.S. technology giant accuses former employees of subtracting data on product designs or manufacturing processes
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