Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

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Post by ncr100 » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC

bpodgursky wrote: post #26

ncr100 wrote: post #23

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This should be shown in court, first, to avoid predictable blowback around making a weak-appeal. I feel like OpenAI is attempting to obscure the public sentiment trend. And that are willing to taint a jury pool by releasing evidence. I assume then, that OpenAI is "feeling" or has determined it is perceived negatively by the public, in general. They may be seeking to influence their talent pipeline, to reduce inbound…

Tech company drama is followed by .1% of the population. The jury pool is not going to be tainted. This has no impact on the public and nobody expects it to.

Ya prolly true

Re: Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

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Post by ncr100 » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC

ofjcihen wrote: post #27

ncr100 wrote: post #23

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This should be shown in court, first, to avoid predictable blowback around making a weak-appeal. I feel like OpenAI is attempting to obscure the public sentiment trend. And that are willing to taint a jury pool by releasing evidence. I assume then, that OpenAI is "feeling" or has determined it is perceived negatively by the public, in general. They may be seeking to influence their talent pipeline, to reduce inbound…

It’s the insinuation of racism regarding the “mixing up Asian last names” bit that’s really got me feeling like their response is the public appeal move.

Yikes, yes that's a great point.

Implicit racism in OpenAI's messaging.

Re: Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

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Post by iwontberude » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

tomhow wrote: post #273

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Re: Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

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Post by freediddy » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

tomhow wrote: post #260

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Please don't use epithets like this on HN. It's unkind, even if there’s any truth to it. It's not about anything you owe to the person being discussed, but about the way we talk about people on HN. If there's an anecdote that illustrates what you mean, please share it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

You can't accept a quote from Tony Fadell about how Apple was trying to "scare" employees without taking into consideration his considerably bad reputation. That is actively supporting disinformation. His quote is incredibly unreliable.