Apple files lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
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- #Trade Secrets
- #Legal Dispute
- #AI Hardware
- Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets to develop its own ChatGPT hardware.
- The lawsuit names two former Apple employees now at OpenAI—Tang Tan and Chang Liu—as defendants, alleging they misappropriated confidential information.
- Apple claims it uncovered a pattern of theft by ex-employees and that OpenAI did not respond to concerns raised in February.
- OpenAI's hardware project aims to create a new AI interaction method, but Apple asserts it is built on stolen trade secrets.
- Apple states it will defend its innovations and take appropriate steps, while OpenAI has not commented on the allegations.