📰 Apple is accusing OpenAI and two former employees – designer Tang Tan and engineer Chang Liu – of running a coordinated scheme to leak confidential data. According to Apple, this wasn't an isolated incident but a systemic practice.
What came out:
• One former iPhone engineer refused to hand back his work laptop when he left – and kept using it to pull data from Apple's internal databases while already working at OpenAI.
• He reportedly told former colleagues things like "lol, I still have access, this'll be fun," and even wrote guides on how to quietly copy work files without tripping security.
• Tang Tan, who spent nearly 25 years working on the iPhone before becoming OpenAI's head of hardware, allegedly poached people from Apple and asked them to bring mockups and schematics to interviews.
😤 Apple claims the stolen data helped OpenAI in developing its own AI hardware, and is seeking an injunction against its use plus damages. OpenAI has responded by saying it has "no interest in other companies' trade secrets" and that Apple's lawsuit is an attempt to spin an ordinary hiring dispute into a "systematic scheme."
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