Apple Accuses OpenAI of Destroying Evidence in Exchange of Barbs
TL;DR
Apple Inc. escalated its legal battle against OpenAI, claiming in a court filing that OpenAI is actively destroying crucial evidence and that former iPhone engineer Chang Liu “not only downloaded a confidential Apple circuit schematic but also used it in his work” at the AI company.
Nauti's Take
The dispute is useful for outsiders, because court filings expose how closely staff and know-how move between Apple and OpenAI, and reveal more about both firms than any keynote. The risk sits with employees: anyone moving between big tech and an AI lab can land in the middle of a case like this.
For every other company it is an opportunity to review offboarding rules before they show up in a filing themselves.
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