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OpenAI seeks dismissal of Apple trade secrets lawsuit
OpenAI said Apple’s case is baseless and filed without an adequate investigation, and it argued that its interviewing practices followed standard recruiting norms.
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple Inc.’s trade secrets lawsuit, arguing that Apple’s allegations are meritless and mischaracterize what OpenAI employees did, according to an Insurance Journal report. OpenAI said Apple selectively portrayed communications and ordinary recruiting conduct out of context, and it argued that its senior hardware executive acted in line with industrywide recruiting standards when interviewing Apple employees. The company also said a worker accused of theft was actually trying to help a former Apple colleague find information needed for their work.
The motion is a response to Apple’s lawsuit filed in July against OpenAI and Tang Tan, OpenAI’s chief hardware officer, with Apple alleging OpenAI orchestrated a campaign to steal trade secrets through job candidates and hires from Apple. The dispute comes amid a breakdown in a partnership that integrated ChatGPT into iPhone, iPad, and Mac software over about two years.
The filing followed Apple’s request that the judge order OpenAI to stop using what Apple calls stolen trade secrets and to return any confidential information while the case proceeds. The complaint names a former iPhone engineer, Chang Liu, and Apple alleged he accessed confidential hardware-related files over several weeks after finding an authentication issue, a claim OpenAI disputes by saying he was approached by former colleagues seeking assistance locating information.