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OpenAI called Apple's complaint "baseless and pretextual," arguing the iPhone maker failed to identify a protectable trade secret or plausibly allege misappropriation
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OpenAI filed a motion Wednesday seeking dismissal of Apple $AAPL's lawsuit, which charges the AI company and two of its hires from Apple with trade-secret theft and using job interviews to extract confidential information.
In the 31-page filing, OpenAI argued that Apple failed to sufficiently describe the information it claims as trade secrets and did not demonstrate it owned a protectable trade secret or plausibly allege misappropriation by any of the defendants. "Apple should not be permitted to use a baseless and pretextual lawsuit to make up for its shortcomings in the market for talent and retaining its employees, and its failures to integrate AI into its products," the motion says. Variations of the word "fail" appear nearly 50 times in the filing.
