FT: Apple sues OpenAI, alleging it stole top-secret information

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48865019

Apple has accused OpenAI and two of its employees of stealing top-secret information in a lawsuit filed in a California federal court on Friday, as the relationship between two of the biggest names in Silicon Valley unravels.

Apple claimed that the ChatGPT maker has used former and current Apple employees to steal hardware designs as the start-up prepares to launch its own AI-focused devices. It alleged that this was part of a pattern of misconduct normalised by OpenAI’s top leadership.