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Apple Accuses OpenAI of Destroying Evidence, Escalating Trade Secret Case Over AI Training
Legal31d agoApple is asking a federal judge to expedite discovery in its trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a former engineer used a proprietary power-converter circuit schematic to train an AI agent. Forensic analysis of a MacBook provided by OpenAI on Aug 21 revealed former iPhone engineer Chang Liu downloaded confidential files after leaving Apple and used them in his work at the AI company, according to a new court filing.
Apple claims OpenAI is actively destroying crucial evidence, alleging Liu sent instructions to a colleague to delete files after learning of an internal investigation. OpenAI has called the lawsuit meritless and asked the court to dismiss the case.
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- SOURCE@wallstengine“accessed a proprietary power-converter circuit schematic while at OpenAI & used confidential $AAPL info to train an AI agent”x.com
- SUPPORT@firstsquawk“NEW EVIDENCE FOUND ON A MACBOOK PROVIDED BY OPENAI ON AUGUST 21”x.com
- SUPPORT@sawyermerritt“evidence that he and others at OpenAI were aware of his unauthorized access to Apple's cloud storage providers”x.com
- SUPPORT@tftc21“OpenAI has called the lawsuit "meritless" and asked the court to dismiss it”x.com
- SUPPORT@business“former iPhone engineer Chang Liu “not only downloaded a confidential Apple circuit schematic but also used it in his work””x.com
- SOURCE@rohanpaul_ai“Roughly 400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI”x.com
- SUPPORT@wesroth“Bloomberg reports Apple is now accusing OpenAI of DESTROYING EVIDENCE”x.com
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