OpenAI Accuses Former Employee of Leaking Secrets Before Joining Apple, Escalating Intellectual Property Dispute

October 14, according to Reuters, OpenAI has accused a former employee of sending over 100 documents involving the company's unreleased devices to a personal account before leaving to join Apple, and subsequently showing related products to Apple's senior management. Apple has previously filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the latter of stealing trade secrets of its unreleased hardware products, further escalating the intellectual property dispute between the two sides over hardware technology.