The wildest allegations in Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple's systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint's most eye-catching claims. Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is packed with a number of extraordinary allegations that paint a picture of a coordinated effort to extract confidential information from current and former Apple employees.
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- But what's perhaps most striking is how casually the alleged misconduct is described, including one message that reads, "LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny.
" The 41-page complaint , which was filed on Friday, is filled with unusually detailed allegations, like this and others.
- But Apple wants to stress that what OpenAI is developing was allegedly built with Apple's trade secrets.
"OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," the complaint states.
- "LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny.
" Apple says that Chang Liu, previously a senior systems electrical engineer at Apple before joining OpenAI, sent this message to an Apple employee, Yu-Ting "Alyssa" Peng, who allegedly was a conduit between Apple and OpenAI.
- " Liu allegedly also texted this within hours of leaving Apple, referring to another Apple computer he allegedly planned to use to access Apple's confidential information.
Apple discovered the message on Peng's Apple-issued work laptop.
- " Apple alleges that OpenAI coached departing Apple employees on how to evade Apple's security procedures to reduce the chance their alleged trade secret theft would be caught.
But what's perhaps most striking is how casually the alleged misconduct is described, including one message that reads, "LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny. " The 41-page complaint , which was filed on Friday, is filled with unusually detailed allegations, like this and others. Here are some that stood out the most to us: "Normalized and exemplified by leadership.
" With this description of OpenAI, Apple is making it clear its lawsuit isn't just focused on rogue employees, but that misconduct like this is part of OpenAI's culture and is led from the top. " Leave it to Apple to work a rotten fruit analogy into its criticism of OpenAI's behavior in this case. The AI model maker is rumored to be working on a hardware device to challenge the iPhone, potentially a smartphone of its own.
But Apple wants to stress that what OpenAI is developing was allegedly built with Apple's trade secrets. "OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," the complaint states. "This is the tip of the iceberg.
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