OpenAI asks California court to toss Apple's trade secrets lawsuit
OpenAI wants a California court to toss out Apple's lawsuit, which accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets by hiring former Apple employees.
OpenAI says Apple is just trying to block people from switching jobs, not actually protecting any real secrets.
They point out that Apple hasn't named any specific confidential info that was taken.
OpenAI hires escalate AI hardware rivalry
This clash is really about both companies racing to build better AI hardware.
After buying io Products for $6.4 billion in 2025, OpenAI brought on several former Apple staffers (Apple claims some took sensitive files or questioned Apple employees during recruitment interviews about confidential projects).
OpenAI insists California law supports employees moving between companies and suggests Apple should focus more on its own exit processes than blaming rivals.
A court hearing is set for October, so the rivalry isn't cooling off anytime soon.