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Apple and OpenAI are embroiled in an intensifying legal dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets. Apple claims OpenAI poached over 400 former employees to access confidential information for its hardware ambitions, while OpenAI argues it follows industry norms and California employment law.
OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit alleging trade secret theft, arguing it is developing entirely new consumer hardware unrelated to Apple's technology.
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged intellectual property theft threatens to cripple the AI company's hardware ambitions even before the case concludes, through recruitment challenges and operational disruptions.
Apple has sued OpenAI and two former employees, alleging the AI company systematically stole trade secrets to jumpstart its consumer hardware ambitions, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the tech giants.
A US federal judge has rejected Elon Musk's attempt to overturn a jury verdict that found him liable for defrauding Twitter investors during his $44 billion takeover, though the judge ruled Musk not liable for one of the contested tweets.