OpenAI alleges in court filing that a former employee took about 100 product-plan files and presented them to Apple executives (report)

Verified (fact)

According to The Verge, OpenAI accused an unnamed former employee in a filing submitted on Wednesday (local time). OpenAI alleges that before moving to Apple, the employee sent about 100 files related to product plans to a personal account and presented them to Apple executives, including Apple's vice president of Asia operations. These are OpenAI's allegations, and the court has not yet ruled on them.

Needs fact-check (claim)

OpenAI: A former employee sent about 100 product-plan files to a personal account and then presented them to Apple executives.

Why it matters (interpretation)

A day after a court ordered OpenAI to produce hiring records for former Apple employees in Apple's trade secret lawsuit, OpenAI has raised allegations of information leakage in the opposite direction, toward Apple. The dispute between the two companies over hardware talent and technology is widening.

Sources

• Press OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple The Verge

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