OpenAI Fires Back at Apple in Trade Secrets Lawsuit

OpenAI is pushing back against Apple's recent lawsuit. The AI company calls Apple's legal action "careless, aggressive, and oddly personal" in a new blog post. Apple previously accused OpenAI of misappropriating trade secrets. OpenAI is now challenging Apple's claims. For example, Apple stated OpenAI never responded to concerns about trade secret theft. OpenAI counters that Apple's lawyers emailed the wrong person due to a name mix-up. Apple's lawsuit focuses on two former employees now at OpenAI: Chang Liu and Tang Tan. Apple alleges they took confidential information to advance OpenAI's hardware goals. Specifically, Apple claims Liu failed to return a work laptop and downloaded dozens of confidential hardware files. This dispute highlights growing tensions between two major tech players.