The iPhone-maker has accused OpenAI of stealing hardware secrets from Apple via its former employees.
Apple has reportedly contacted around 40 of its former employees who left the company for OpenAI, as it looks to gather evidence of alleged trade secrets theft by the AI juggernaut.
The iPhone-maker launched a major lawsuit against OpenAI last week, accusing the company stealing hardware secrets from Apple via its former employees to develop its own line of devices.
Reports of OpenAI’s upcoming AI-powered smart speaker surfaced just days later. Sources told Bloomberg that the new device is designed to be a next-generation, ChatGPT-powered home computer – meant to be a physical embodiment of the AI chatbot.
In the letters sent, the iPhone-maker has directed its ex-employees at OpenAI to collect and preserve documents relating to their time and transition from Apple. More than 400 former Apple workers are now employed at OpenAI.
