Judge leans toward Apple in trade-secret fight with OpenAI
Apple's lawsuit accuses OpenAI of trade-secret theft. OpenAI has pledged not to use the alleged secrets as the dispute proceeds and says a former employee moved over 100 files to Apple.
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What happened
Apple is suing OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets, and a judge said he is highly likely to grant Apple an injunction. OpenAI has agreed not to use the alleged secrets, and in a federal filing it says a former employee who later joined Apple sent more than 100 files on an unreleased device to personal accounts. Apple has responded to those allegations.
Why it matters
The injunction Apple seeks would bar use of the information at issue.
Timeline
- Oct 14, 7:12 PM ET: OpenAI voluntarily agreed not to use Apple's alleged trade secrets while the legal battle continues.
- Oct 15, 1:00 AM ET: The judge said he was highly likely to grant Apple an injunction barring use of the information.
- Oct 15, 2:20 PM ET: OpenAI alleged in a federal filing in San Jose that a former employee moved more than 100 files tied to an unreleased product to a personal account before presenting it to Apple's senior leadership.
- Oct 15, 3:57 PM ET: Apple responded to OpenAI's allegations that the former employee took confidential files with him.
Coverage
- OpenAI Accuses a Former Employee of Taking More Than 100 Confidential Hardware Files Back to Apple (ghacks.net)
- OpenAI claims 100-plus secret files followed ex-employee back to Apple (theregister.com)
- OpenAI accuses former employee of leaking intel on AI device to Apple (CNN)
- OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device (The Guardian)
- OpenAI claims employee sent secret device information to Apple (Financial Times)
- OpenAI alleged an ex-employee who returned to Apple sent 100+ device files to himself (qz.com)
- OpenAI Employee Allegedly Took Secret AI Device Files to Apple, Presented it to Top Executives. (Yahoo News)
- OpenAI says ex-employee gave trade secrets about an AI device to Apple (Brent D. Griffiths)
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