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In a Monday filing reported by Bloomberg, Apple alleges the employee destroyed evidence after learning he was under investigation, and that OpenAI only recently handed over materials (The Verge). Apple is pushing for expedited discovery over concerns evidence is actively being destroyed. Sharpest escalation yet in a case that's becoming the template for AI-industry poaching disputes.
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In an August 4 filing, Apple said 11 additional former employees beyond Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan may be involved, alleging meetings about unannounced-product information, screenshots of confidential documents taken before OpenAI interviews, and retention of Apple work device...
The Verge reports OpenAI is building a desktop superapp merging ChatGPT, Codex, and its Atlas AI browser into a single application. OpenAI consolidating surface area rather than maintaining separate products — competing directly with OS-level integrations from Microsoft and Ap...
Apple filed a 41-page complaint July 10 in the Northern District of California against OpenAI, its hardware subsidiary io Products, Chief Hardware Officer (ex-Apple VP) Tang Tan, and former engineer Chang Liu, alleging systematic theft of on-device AI and silicon trade secrets...
In an amended filing on August 31, Apple says counsel for former employee Chang Liu handed over his old work laptop, and forensic analysis showed a confidential Apple circuit schematic simulated in LTspice in March plus a tool sharing a name with an internal Apple engineering...
Bloomberg reported July 22 that Altman will brief the administration and US lawmakers ahead of release, as officials finalize a federal frontier-safety review framework expected within weeks (via Claims Journal). OpenAI's global public affairs chief previewed the models as hav...
You noticed the Mac mini shortage. Here's what caused it. The Information reported, via Cult of Mac, that OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of M5 Pro and M6 Mac minis plus M5 Max and Ultra Mac Studios over the past several months, running reinforcement learning and comput...
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