OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device
TL;DR
Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account and later made a presentation about the unreleased product to senior Apple leadership, a new filing in the lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple alleges. In the filing in US federal court in San Jose, California, OpenAI alleged that the presentation happened months ago and that Apple is now making AI products of its own, citing the release of Apple’s HomeView product this week.
Nauti's Take
For small AI teams, this is primarily a control test: check whether offboarding, access permissions, DLP rules, and audit logs reliably cover personal accounts. The story rests on a court allegation, so companies should tighten their security processes without drawing premature conclusions about Apple or the specific data transfer.
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