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Apple sends legal letters to former employees now at OpenAI
9to5Mac • • business
Key Points:
- Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing former Apple employees now working at OpenAI of stealing trade secrets for OpenAI's benefit.
- The company has sent legal preservation letters to about 40 former employees to ensure relevant documents and evidence are preserved for the ongoing investigation.
- Apple suspects that the alleged trade secret theft may involve more individuals than those named in the initial lawsuit, which includes former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan.
- OpenAI has denied seeing any evidence supporting Apple's claims of trade secret theft.
- The legal dispute has not affected OpenAI's hardware development timeline, according to recent reports.
