Apple Lawsuit Exposes OpenAI’s Chaotic Race to Build an iPhone Killer

Apple sues OpenAI for theft of “trade secrets”

Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging the AI company has stolen the iPhone maker’s trade secrets to develop its own yet-to-be-unveiled AI gadgets. In the suit, filed in the District Court of Northern California, Apple accuses OpenAI of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract. Lisa Eadicicco and Hadas Gold at CNN I find this about as interesting and watching artificial grass grow, but with the common wisdom being that Apple is behind on “AI”, it was honestly only a matter of time before the lawsuits came. After all, that’s usually what companies who can’t win in the market do. At the very least this will give corporate tech news websites a whole slew of new material. I just hope they both implode. We’d all be better off for it.

Apple sues OpenAI for stealing hardware designs, alleging employees brought prototypes to “show and tell” interviews

Apple has sued OpenAI in a California federal court, accusing the ChatGPT maker of using current and former employees to steal hardware designs as it prepares to launch AI-focused consumer devices. The lawsuit, filed on Friday, names OpenAI’s chief hardware officer Tang Tan and former Apple engineer Chang Liu, and alleges a pattern of misconduct [] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple sues OpenAI for stealing trade secrets

Apple on Friday sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of orchestrating a campaign to steal the iPhone maker’s trade secrets as it tries to develop its own consumer hardware device. The lawsuit – filed in a federal court in San Jose, California – paints a picture of an aggressive effort by OpenAI to poach Apple employees and extract confidential information to build its own device. The lawsuit marks a dramatic escalation in tensions between two companies that partnered in 2024...

Let Them Fight

Funny. Apple on Friday sued OpenAI in federal court in Northern California, alleging trade secret theft, saying that the artificial intelligence lab took the iPhone maker’s intellectual property in order to develop its own consumer hardware. “This much is clear, however: at every level, from members of its Technical Staff to its Chief Hardware Officer, and in coordination with business partners, OpenAI has been stealing Apple’s trade secrets and confidential information,” the company said in a legal filing. No respect for IP? Shocking. There were no warnings.

Apple accuses OpenAI of playing dirty in the AI talent wars

Apple CEO Tim Cook. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Apple is accusing OpenAI of using its recruitment to steal trade secrets in a new lawsuit. The AI juggernaut has been hiring hundreds of workers from across the tech industry. Apple alleges that OpenAI used interviews, not just hiring, to learn confidential information. OpenAI has been on a []