OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup's employees as theft, and "generic" product development information as "trade secrets," adding that Apple made no reasonable efforts to maintain such secrecy. The dismissal request i
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OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple that accuses the company of stealing trade secrets through former Apple employees. Apple's July complaint alleges that ex-Apple staff members who now work at OpenAI took confidential documents to support OpenAI's hardware development plans. OpenAI's dismissal request characterizes Apple's allegations as meritless and poorly investigated, arguing that the company is mischaracterizing routine employee actions as theft and generic product information as trade secrets. A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on the motion on October 1st, while Apple has separately requested a preliminary injunction to prevent OpenAI from accessing or using the alleged confidential information during the lawsuit.
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