OpenAI engineer arrested after recording device found at San Francisco office - Fox News
OpenAI has filed a lawsuit alleging a former employee stole confidential trade secrets regarding an unreleased device and shared them with Apple. Apple denies the allegations, claiming no evidence of proprietary data possession.
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This case highlights the intense corporate espionage risks and intellectual property battles occurring between major AI and hardware developers.
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Credit: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) OpenAI said a former employee took over 100 "highly confidential files" about at least one unreleased device while still employed and later presented the company's product plans to senior leadership at Apple, according to a new filing in the lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple.
The employee, who left OpenAI for Apple , sent the files to his personal accounts on June 2, his last day at the company, according to the Tuesday filing in federal court in San Jose, California .
The files included "detailed images" of the unreleased device, supplier information and other trade secrets, according to OpenAI's lawyers.
The employee then gave a presentation about this device to higher-ups at Apple, including vice president of operations in Asia, the filing said. The presentation, OpenAI said, happened months ago.
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