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OpenAI drags Apple’s lawsuit into the court of public opinion
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The ChatGPT maker has published message exchanges as evidence that ‘Apple is getting this wrong.’
The ChatGPT maker has published message exchanges as evidence that ‘Apple is getting this wrong.’
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Apple’s legal battle against OpenAI just got messier now that the ChatGPT-maker has publicly aired receipts to counter Apple’s version of events. In a blog post published overnight titled “Apple is getting this wrong,” OpenAI said that Apple’s lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets is “careless, aggressive, and oddly personal,” sharing iMessage and email exchanges to challenge allegations central to the case.
This isn’t a legal response from OpenAI, but it’s an attempt to sway the court of public opinion by poking contradictions into Apple’s case using cherry-picked communications.
The lawsuit filed by Apple last month primarily revolves around former Apple employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, who have since joined OpenAI. Liu was a former iPhone engineer who now works on OpenAI’s technical team, and Tan was employed by Apple for 25 years, formerly overseeing the iPhone and Apple Watch design before taking on the role of OpenAI’s chief hardware officer. Apple alleges they took “secret and confidential information regarding our unreleased technologies, processes, and products” with them to advance OpenAI’s hardware plans. Reuters reports that Apple asked for a preliminary injunction on Monday to prevent Liu, Tan, and OpenAI from accessing, acquiring, using, or disclosing alleged confidential information while the lawsuit moves ahead.