OpenAI has hit back at Apple's lawsuit — with receipts
OpenAI has publicly refuted Apple's trade secret theft allegations, providing evidence that Apple's legal team made clerical errors in their communications. OpenAI characterizes the lawsuit as aggressive and factually flawed.
Why it matters
This high-profile legal conflict highlights the intensifying competition and corporate friction between major tech players in the AI sector.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Getty Images Apple accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in a July complaint. OpenAI is hitting back at some of Apple's claims, citing communication errors. OpenAI said that Apple's outside counsel had emailed the "wrong person after confusing two Asian last names." OpenAI says Apple got its facts wrong — and says it has the receipts to back it up. In a Tuesday blog post, OpenAI called Apple's July complaint accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets a "careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit." OpenAI said Apple had messed up on multiple fronts when it had earlier contacted the AI lab about its concerns, including "emailing the wrong person after confusing two Asian last names."
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