OpenAI has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that an unidentified former Apple employee stole proprietary information about OpenAI’s hardware projects and shared it with Apple after working at OpenAI for six months. The claim centers on the newly announced Apple Home View hub, which OpenAI says may have been influenced by its confidential work. OpenAI alleges the employee took over 100 files related to its hardware initiatives and presented them to Apple executives.
Apple denies the allegations, stating it has safeguards to prevent misuse of prior employers’ confidential information and says there is no evidence of the stolen files on its systems. The lawsuit follows a similar claim Apple made against OpenAI in July, when it accused two former employees of leaking Apple’s IP to OpenAI. OpenAI maintains that its trade secrets are now at risk inside Apple, where engineers could use them to shape upcoming products.
The case is expected to go to trial as early as June or as late as October next year.
Source: GSMArena · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing