OpenAI released private emails and messages to counter Apple’s accusations in a trade secret lawsuit filed last month. Apple sued OpenAI, its hardware unit io Products, and two former Apple employees, alleging a coordinated effort to steal confidential information about unreleased Apple products and processes. OpenAI claims Apple’s outside lawyers made two missteps, emailing the wrong person due to confusion between two Asian last names and citing a conversation with OpenAI’s general counsel that the company says never happened. The two companies have shifted from collaborators to competitors, with Apple seeking a preliminary injunction to stop what it calls the theft of its trade secrets.
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