Apple claims OpenAI is using confidential Apple material and destroying evidence
A court brief has been filed in support of Apple's motion for expedited pretrial fact-finding in the lawsuit, which accuses the ChatGPT-maker of stealing trade secrets.
Apple is intensifying its legal conflict with OpenAI, alleging in a recent court document that the artificial intelligence firm is actively erasing vital evidence and that a former Apple engineer named Chang Liu not only downloaded confidential Apple circuit schematics but also incorporated them into his work at OpenAI. The legal memorandum was submitted on Monday to bolster Apple's request for a swift pretrial fact-finding session in the lawsuit, which accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets.
OpenAI has sought to have the case dismissed. Liu, who departed Apple for OpenAI in January, is a key figure in the case. He is among over 400 former Apple staff members who joined the AI company, which is venturing into the hardware device market. In exchange for accessing the story, you must first create a display name in your subscriber account's Profile section.
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