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Apple claims that even more ex-employees may have given trade secrets to OpenAI

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Apple alleges that additional former employees may have taken confidential data and trade secrets to OpenAI. OpenAI disputes Apple’s account, rejecting the claim that its staff used any confidential information and saying Apple is getting the situation wrong. Both parties cite internal messages and emails as part of the disagreement.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·OpenAI disputes Apple's account of pre-lawsuit contacts, rejects claims that ex-staff used confidential information, shares iMessages and emails, and more (OpenAI)
- Engadget·OpenAI says Apple 'is getting this wrong' after trade secret lawsuit
- Ars Technica·OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"
- TechCrunch·Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
- Engadget·Apple claims that even more ex-employees may have given trade secrets to OpenAI
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