OpenAI says Apple is suing over lost engineers, not stolen trade secrets
OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, claiming the legal action is a pretext for Apple's inability to retain talent and compete in AI. OpenAI argues that Apple's own data management policies are responsible for the alleged access issues.
Why it matters
This dispute highlights the intense competition for AI talent and the legal complexities surrounding data security and employee mobility in the tech industry.
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to throw out Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, and it has not been polite about it. In a motion filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the ChatGPT maker argued that Apple is using litigation to paper over a problem of its own making: it cannot hold on to its engineers, and it cannot ship competitive AI. The filing calls the case a baseless and pretextual lawsuit meant to compensate for Apple's position in the talent market.The tone runs through all 31 pages. Variations of the word "fail" turn up close to 50 times in the document, which is less a legal accident than a message.
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