Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era

Today on Decoder , I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge ’s senior AI reporter, about the major trade secrets lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI and what this tells us about OpenAI’s future. By now I’m sure most Decoder listeners are familiar with Apple’s allegations in this case . The company says a number of ex-Apple employees at OpenAI targeted Apple’s trade secrets in job interviews and even downloaded files from Apple’s servers related to hardware manufacturing. The claims are shocking, although OpenAI denies them, and we have yet to see the company’s legal response. Hayden has been covering OpenAI for years now, and she also j ust talked to a bunch of lawyers who specialize in intellectual property and trade secret law to get a sense of how serious this case is.