Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
Summary
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in a California court, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets. The suit claims two former Apple employees now working at OpenAI took confidential information to help OpenAI build new AI-related hardware.Key Facts
- Apple sued OpenAI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets to develop hardware for ChatGPT.
- The lawsuit names two former Apple employees now at OpenAI: Tang Tan and Chang Liu.
- Tang Tan helped design Apple devices like iPhone and Apple Watch, now OpenAI’s chief hardware officer.
- Chang Liu was an Apple electrical engineer trusted with sensitive product work before joining OpenAI.
- Apple claims Liu accessed and downloaded confidential Apple files after leaving the company.
- The suit says Tan encouraged Apple employees interviewing with OpenAI to bring actual Apple parts.
- Apple says it alerted OpenAI in February but received no response.
- Apple is taking legal steps to protect its innovations and work.
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