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Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
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Apple expanded its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming at least 11 additional former employees beyond those originally named may have taken or accessed confidential Apple information before joining OpenAI.
The widening claims suggest Apple believes intellectual property leakage to OpenAI is more systematic than initially alleged, which could reshape how companies handle offboarding and device recovery for departing staff headed to competitors. OpenAI's public rebuttal, including the claim that residual access resulted from Apple's own poor security procedures, raises the stakes for how trade secret disputes are adjudicated when plaintiff security practices are themselves questionable.
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Apple now claims at least 11 former employees beyond the originally named Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan may have been involved in or witnessed confidential data transfers to OpenAI.
Apple alleges one former employee took screenshots of confidential documents about an unannounced product before an OpenAI interview, and another discussed Apple proprietary information at a pre-interview meeting with OpenAI recruits.
OpenAI publicly responded that Apple's injunction request is based on false information and is unnecessary, claiming Apple emailed the wrong person due to confused surnames and that residual system access resulted from Apple's own poor security procedures.
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