OpenAI vs Apple: former colleagues kept texting for secrets
openai released chat logs showing apple employees repeatedly contacted a former engineer for help after he joined openai, undermining apple's claims of trade secret theft.
responding to apple's lawsuit alleging systematic theft of trade secrets by new hires, openai published chat logs showing apple employees repeatedly contacted former engineer chang liu for internal schematics and decisions weeks after he left. apple's lawyers also admitted to emailing the wrong asian last name and failing to contact the correct representative for months. while openai argues this proves apple has poor access management and claims 400 former apple employees now work there, the logs do not refute the core allegation that openAI encouraged hires to bring files.