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OpenAI Is Trying to Shame Apple Into Backing Down From Its Lawsuit
Gizmodo • • business
Key Points:
- Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the startup of stealing trade secrets related to its emerging AI hardware business, specifically targeting former Apple employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan who joined OpenAI.
- OpenAI responded with a blog post dismissing the lawsuit as baseless and personal, providing redacted screenshots to argue that Liu did not misuse Apple’s information and blaming Apple for poor system access management.
- Apple has sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the defendants from disclosing confidential information, which OpenAI calls unnecessary and based on false information, asserting it neither has nor wants Apple’s trade secrets.
- The dispute includes conflicting accounts about whether Apple properly contacted OpenAI in February regarding its concerns, with OpenAI highlighting an embarrassing mistake by Apple’s lawyers who emailed the wrong OpenAI employee.
- The case is expected to be a prolonged legal battle with significant implications for OpenAI’s hardware development and the broader tech industry.
