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Apple says its secrets walked out the door.

OpenAI says Apple held the door open.

Issue 37 August 20264 receipts4 min

Apple asked a U.S. judge for a preliminary injunction to bar OpenAI and two former employees from using its alleged trade secrets, naming 11 more ex-employees; OpenAI called the suit 'careless, aggressive, and oddly personal'

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Say this in tomorrow's meeting“'Which specific trade secret, incorporated where?' If the filings cannot answer that by October 1, this is leverage, not law.”

Receipts

  1. Supports techcrunch.com: another former Apple employee took screenshots of confidential Apple documents relating to an unannounced Apple product before an interview at OpenAI
  2. Supports 9to5mac.com: immediately stop OpenAI from using or obtaining any Apple trade secrets, preserve all evidence, let Apple conduct forensic inspections of OpenAI's devices and accounts
  3. Supports claimsjournal.com: Apple's request for a preliminary injunction is both based on false information and completely unnecessary because we do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets
  4. Context jurist.org: OpenAI's recruitment process for the two former employees doubled as a way to collect Apple's proprietary information

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