Apple sues OpenAI over poaching and trade secrets

apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against openai alleging a pattern of misconduct and claiming more than 400 former apple employees have joined the ai lab. the complaint names openai's chief hardware officer and targets the company's growing hardware division. this legal threat poses a significant risk to openai's reported timeline for an ipo later this year. the suit highlights increasing data-security tensions as microsoft's ceo simultaneously warns enterprises about sharing data with ai labs.