Apple said that it reached out to OpenAI in February to share its concerns, but didn’t receive a response.
Apple, in a new lawsuit, has accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, as Big Tech races to develop next-generation consumer gadgets powered by AI.
In its suit filed last Friday (10 July), Apple levelled accusations of a “coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level” against OpenAI, including at Io – the AI hardware start-up that AI giant acquired last year.
Bloomberg reported that tensions between the two companies worsened after OpenAI enlisted Apple design visionary and io-founder Jony Ive to help with its products line. The company already owned around 23pc of Io prior to the acquisition.
Apple, according to the filing, said that it reached out to OpenAI in February to share its concerns but didn’t receive a response. OpenAI, meanwhile, said that it has “no interest in other companies’ trade secrets.”
