Apple vs. OpenAI Lawsuit

Apple alleges OpenAI used stolen trade secrets to develop AI gadgets.

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Apple sues Open AI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets

Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level'

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Apple sued OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday, alleging the ChatGPT maker misappropriated trade secrets to develop consumer AI hardware. The complaint names OpenAI, io Products, Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan and technical staffer Chang Liu, both former Apple employees. Apple alleges OpenAI recruited Apple staff and directed candidates to bring confidential prototypes, engineering artifacts, hardware components, product designs, manufacturing information and supply-chain details to interviews. The suit brings trade-secret misappropriation and breach-of-contract claims and seeks to stop use of the information.

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