Apple v. OpenAI: Apple asks the court to let its own experts review forensic images used in the case, and seeks documents tied to parts of OpenAI's hardware R&D (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)

Apple is suing OpenAI and other defendants, including former employees, over allegations of trade secret misappropriation. According to 9to5Mac, Apple has asked the court to allow its experts to review forensic images used in the case. The company is also seeking documents related to parts of OpenAI's hardware research and development.

The lawsuit involves former Apple employees who allegedly took confidential information with them when they left the company. 9to5Mac reports that one of the employees, Chang Liu, allegedly coached another Apple employee on materials to review ahead of an OpenAI interview. Apple claims that an initial forensic inspection of a MacBook used by Liu after leaving the company showed that he had used a confidential Apple circuit schematic to run a simulation while working at OpenAI.

OpenAI has refuted Apple's allegations, arguing that the situation is "a mess of Apple's own making" due to the company's allegedly lax offboarding and security practices. Apple has also sought access to a Mac mini used by Liu as part of the case. Le Monde English reports a separate lawsuit against OpenAI related to a mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge that left nine dead, but this is not mentioned in the other reports.

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