Sam Altman's OpenAI to Apple on 'theft' charges: You are getting it all wrong
OpenAI has hit back at Apple's trade secrets lawsuit with a public letter, "Apple is getting this wrong," published hours after Apple sought a preliminary injunction against the ChatGPT maker and ex-employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu. OpenAI released redacted iMessages showing Apple staff asking Liu for files, called it residual access, and accused Apple's lawyers of a February email mix-up.
OpenAI has published a public letter titled "Apple is getting this wrong" in response to Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against the company and two former Apple employees now employed at OpenAI. The letter, posted shortly after Apple filed the lawsuit in a California federal court, argues that Apple's timeline and claims do not hold up under scrutiny.
OpenAI claims that Apple's outside counsel mistakenly emailed the wrong person in February, leading to confusion over a supposed phone conversation that never occurred. Apple then went silent for five months before filing the lawsuit. Apple seeks to bar OpenAI, the former Apple employees, and io Products, a studio founded by Jony Ive, from accessing, acquiring, or disclosing Apple's confidential information while the case proceeds.
OpenAI counters that the injunction is unnecessary as it holds no relevant data and wants nothing to do with Apple. The letter includes redacted messages between former Apple employee Chang Liu and Apple staff, suggesting residual access rather than theft. The case stems from Apple's 2024 partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, followed by Apple turning to Google's Gemini for its updated assistant.
OpenAI claims to be innovating in hardware, developing devices and its own processors, with plans for a device launch soon.
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