Apple should not be permitted to use a baseless and pretextual lawsuit to make up for its shortcomings in the market for talent, says OpenAI.

The ChatGPT-maker issued a lengthy public statement disputing claims from Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit and shared iMessage chats and emails.

Apple has requested a judge to prevent former employees and OpenAI from using confidential information. The tech giant is suing OpenAI and two ex-employees for trade secret theft.…

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