Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft
Apple Inc. today sued OpenAI Group PBC for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to its consumer devices.
The iPhone maker filed the complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
OpenAI entered the consumer electronics market last year when it bought io Products Inc., a startup founded by former Apple executives. The Information reported in February that the ChatGPT developer was working on a smart speaker and smart glasses. Additionally, it’s believed that OpenAI could launch a smart lamp with artificial intelligence features.
The company has reportedly hired more than 400 former Apple employees to support its hardware push. According to today’s lawsuit, OpenAI has been instructing candidates to bring blueprints and device prototypes from the iPhone maker to interviews. The ChatGPT developer allegedly also asked some Apple staffers to share engineering methodologies.
