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There is a trade secret dispute between OpenAI and Apple. Apple has previously accused employees of bringing confidential information to the OpenAI hardware department. OpenAI has denied the accusation. This case is an extension of the controversy, involving former OpenAI employees who were accused of sending confidential information to their personal mailboxes and briefing Apple executives after they switched jobs to Apple.
(Central News Agency, New York, Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 14th) The business secrets lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple developed further today. OpenAI accused a former employee who switched to Apple of sending more than 100 undisclosed product secrets to his personal mailbox before leaving, and briefing Apple executives on the contents.
Reuters reported that OpenAI's complaint filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, pointed out that the incident occurred several months ago and that Apple is currently developing its own AI products, such as HomeView, a smart home hub device released this week.
OpenAI said in the complaint: "OpenAI is very concerned that its trade secrets and confidential information are being circulated within Apple, allowing Apple engineers to build upcoming new products based on OpenAI's confidential and innovative research results."
Apple said it has established policies and procedures to ensure new employees do not use confidential information from their former employers.
The document, filed yesterday, is part of a trade secrets dispute between Apple and OpenAI. Apple has previously accused employees of bringing confidential information to the OpenAI hardware department after leaving the company. OpenAI has denied these accusations.
Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila approved part of Apple's request, allowing Apple to obtain early access to OpenAI's digital files during the lawsuit.
The judge said that Apple could collect information from the devices of some former employees and take testimony from three of them on an expedited schedule, including two defendants in the case: former senior system electrical engineer Chang Liu (transliteration), and former vice president of iPhone and Apple Watch product design Tang Yew Tan (transliteration).
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OpenAI filed a complaint in the federal court in San Jose, California, accusing a former employee of transferring more than 100 confidential files related to unreleased products to his personal mailbox and showing them to Apple executives after leaving the company. Apple denies the charges and says it has policies in place to prevent the use of confidential information from former employers. The two parties filed trade secret lawsuits against each other, and the case is expected to be heard in October 2027.

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