Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging former employees stole trade secrets to build AI hardware
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Sounding off: OpenAI has spent years developing an as-yet-unrevealed hardware platform for its generative AI technology with help from former Apple engineers. On Friday, however, Cupertino filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman's company, accusing it of building its entire hardware project on confidential information stolen from Apple.
Apple has sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing its trade secrets to develop an AI-focused device and other hardware. Apple alleges that as over 400 former employees left to join the ChatGPT maker, many of them routinely accessed Apple's confidential data related to unreleased products.
The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, primarily targets Chang Liu and Tang Tan, who were senior Apple employees before joining OpenAI's hardware efforts. Apple accused them of masterminding a pattern of hiring Apple employees...
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