OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device
Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown
TL;DR
- OpenAI claims a former employee sent over 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account after leaving for Apple.
- The former employee allegedly presented information about the unreleased product to senior Apple leadership.
- OpenAI fears its trade secret and confidential information is now being used by Apple for its own AI products.
- The new allegations have delayed a trade secrets lawsuit hearing between OpenAI and Apple.
- Apple denies the allegations and states it has procedures to prevent the use of confidential information from previous employers.
- The ongoing lawsuit involves allegations from both sides regarding employees taking confidential information to the opposing company.
- A judge granted Apple early access to some digital files from OpenAI and ordered depositions for former employees.