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

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Apple sued OpenAI in California federal court for trade secret theft. It alleges hardware designs were stolen as OpenAI prepares to launch consumer devices.

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 “normalised and exemplified by leadership,” according to the Financial Times.

Apple claims Tang Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple including as VP of product design for the iPhone and Apple Watch, shared confidential supplier information with OpenAI before leaving. The lawsuit alleges that Tan instructed Apple employees to bring “digital designs and prototypes” to interviews at OpenAI for “show and tell sessions.” Over...

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