The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI
Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that former employees stole trade secrets and hardware designs to aid OpenAI’s development of new AI hardware.Summary
Apple has filed a major lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company and former employees Tang Tan, Chang Liu, and Yu-Ting "Alyssa" Peng of orchestrating a systematic theft of trade secrets. The complaint alleges that these individuals retained confidential files, accessed private networks after leaving the company, and shared proprietary information about unreleased Apple products. Furthermore, Apple claims that OpenAI’s hardware team, led by Tan, explicitly pressured job candidates to bring confidential hardware components and product samples to interviews. The lawsuit also highlights allegations that OpenAI coached employees on how to bypass Apple’s security protocols and misled manufacturing partners into believing they had authorization to use Apple's proprietary metal-finishing techniques.
(Source：The Verge)