Apple sues OpenAI for stealing trade secrets

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Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI accusing it of orchestrating a campaign to steal trade secrets to develop its own hardware device. The legal case was filed in San Jose, California, escalating tensions between the two former partners.

Apple on Friday sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of orchestrating a campaign to steal the iPhone maker’s trade secrets as it tries to develop its own consumer hardware device. The lawsuit – filed in a federal court in San Jose, California – paints a picture of an aggressive effort by OpenAI to poach Apple employees and extract confidential information to build its own device. The lawsuit marks a dramatic escalation in tensions between two companies that partnered in 2024...