OpenAI: Employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device
timpera · hn · 2026-10-15
- Per Reuters, OpenAI alleges an employee who left to join Apple took confidential files about an unreleased hardware device.
- The incident touches OpenAI's secretive hardware project, linked to rumors of a device with former Apple design chief Jony Ive.
- Highlights trade-secret disputes in AI talent moves and may lead to legal action.
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