Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets

Post by frankdenbow » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

mannanj wrote: post #119

Robdel12 wrote: post #70

OpenAI is about to get ROCKED on this. From this report, this looks open and shut. Apple has basically infinite money and incredible lawyers. Not sure what OpenAI can counter with unless they have clear, hard evidence this hasn’t been happening.

Is there any other AI company with as much controversy as this company? - ~murdered~ (dead) employee who's mother is on a anti-sam hate campaign - ceo fired then coup's his way back into the company - conflict of interest with Microsoft Despite Anthropic's bad press, they haven't been as dishonest as this company.

Post by xyzsparetimexyz » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #124

joshstrange wrote: post #2

Some pretty damning stuff: > OpenAI also instructs new hires on how to avoid scrutiny when they leave Apple. For example, Mr. Tan warns them not to tell Apple that they have taken jobs at OpenAI, so they can stay at Apple as long as they can. > Apple says it discovered a pattern of OpenAI recruits emailing themselves confidential information when leaving Apple, including Tan. > OpenAI apparently used confidential App…

It gets even worse. The person not only kept the laptop and used an exploit to download confidential Apple documents, they bragged about it to a contact who was still working at Apple who was also feeding him information: > Liu allegedly kept an Apple-issued laptop after departing the company and exploited a vulnerability to download dozens of confidential Apple documents while he was working at OpenAI. He also maint…

Post by p1necone » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC

xyzsparetimexyz wrote: post #193

Aurornis wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It gets even worse. The person not only kept the laptop and used an exploit to download confidential Apple documents, they bragged about it to a contact who was still working at Apple who was also feeding him information: > Liu allegedly kept an Apple-issued laptop after departing the company and exploited a vulnerability to download dozens of confidential Apple documents while he was working at OpenAI. He also maint…

> Whenever I leave a company I make sure everything that belongs to the company goes back to them Meh, I'm not returning my nice 4k wfh monitor unless they ask for it specifically

Post by html5cat » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC

Post by cosmicgadget » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC

solfox wrote: post #133

Marciplan wrote: post #53

probably the real reason why Apple opted Gemini over ChatGPT

Pretty foolish of them to play so unethically only to lose such a big account and now gain an open-and-shut lawsuit that will seriously damage their ability to compete in hardware for a very long time.