OpenAI says it's 'very concerned' that its trade secrets could help Apple's push into AI-enabled devices
In a legal filing, OpenAI said that in June a former employee sent hundreds of confidential files to themselves before returning to Apple.
OpenAI expressed deep concern that confidential information about its unreleased devices could be utilized by Apple in its upcoming AI-enabled products. A former employee is believed to have transferred hundreds of highly confidential files, including engineering and manufacturing data, supplier information, and project files, to Apple just before leaving OpenAI in June.
The employee had previously worked at Apple for six months before joining OpenAI and is now back at Apple. OpenAI claims that the former employee briefed Apple's senior leadership, including the vice president of operations in Asia, on the AI company's product plans. Apple, on the other hand, stated that the legal filing is an attempt to divert attention from its own allegations of trade secret theft by former OpenAI employees.
In a separate lawsuit filed in July, Apple accused OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets through a coordinated misconduct at an institutional level. OpenAI denies any wrongdoing and maintains it is not interested in Apple's trade secrets.
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