Apple Sues OpenAI Employees Over Alleged Stolen Trade Secrets
Apple filed a theft of trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, alleging they stole Apple data using multiple methods, including downloading a confidential circuit schematic after Liu left the company. Apple says Liu used the schematic for simulations at OpenAI and later sent instructions to destroy evidence, prompting a request for expedited discovery.
Coverage (4)
- Apple v. OpenAI: Governance Lessons in Trade Secret Protection from Both Sides of the “V” (finance.yahoo.com)
- Apple Accuses OpenAI of Destroying Evidence in Exchange of Barbs (claimsjournal.com)
- Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence in trade secrets case (qz.com)
- Apple Says Former Engineer Used Stolen Trade Secrets at OpenAI, Taught AI Agent to Run Them (macrumors.com)