OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of obtaining confidential hardware information from former Apple engineers. In its legal defense, OpenAI argues that Apple's own weak security practices undermine the claim that the information qualifies as protected trade secrets, citing examples such as allowing employees to use personal accounts for work and failing to revoke access after they departed. OpenAI contends that Apple did not properly secure its systems when employees left and that the company has failed to specify which particular trade secrets were stolen, instead referring to generic categories like manufacturing and product testing. OpenAI also frames the case as an attempt by Apple to slow down a competitor rather than a legitimate trade secrets matter.