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Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets
Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging the firm used coercive interview tactics to steal proprietary manufacturing secrets for its own new hardware business.
What: Apple claims OpenAI representatives pressured Apple job candidates to disclose trade secrets and reveal metal-finishing techniques for device components during interviews, prompting a demand for an injunction.
Why it matters: The litigation marks a rare and aggressive escalation between two primary AI partners, indicating that OpenAI’s expansion into hardware poses a direct competitive threat to Apple's supply chain secrecy.
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Apple has accused OpenAI of stealing secrets about products still in development. OpenAI's new hardware business allegedly asked job candidates from Apple to share details about secret projects and to bring device components and prototypes to their interviews. It used the information to approach at least one of Apple's manufacturing partners, asking them to demonstrate Apple's technique for finishing metal on its devices. Apple is seeking an injunction that would prevent OpenAI from possessing, using, or sharing its trade secrets, as well as an order requiring OpenAI to return Apple's intellectual property.
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