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Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for trade secret theft.
Apple's lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has systematically taken its trade secrets, intellectual property, and information about upcoming products and development processes.
Apple alleges that during the interview process, OpenAI asks Apple employees to conduct "show-and-tell" sessions with components, schematics, and drawings of Apple projects.
OpenAI has hired over 400 employees from Apple.
Mark Gurman believes Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI is strategically designed to slow down talent poaching and distract OpenAI's leadership.
The lawsuit from Apple was triggered by the discovery that a former iPhone engineer, already employed at OpenAI, broke into Apple's systems by exploiting a bug after his employment had ended.
OpenAI is working on a family of approximately five different hardware devices, with the ultimate goal of building a smartphone.
Mark Gurman has been told OpenAI's first hardware product is planned to be announced in 2024 and launched in 2025, though the lawsuit could cause delays.
Mark Gurman estimates that between 5% and 10% of OpenAI's workforce previously worked at Apple.
OpenAI is offering salaries in the range of a couple million dollars per year to former Apple employees, which is estimated to be 3 to 4 times what they were previously making.
Jony Ive is not mentioned at all in Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI.
OpenAI is exploring a range of hardware devices including earbuds, glasses, a pendant, and a smart speaker.