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Apple skewers OpenAI's recruiting practices in bombshell lawsuit
Apple accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in a lawsuit filed Friday. OpenAI's recruiting techniques were put on blast.
TL;DR
- Apple is suing OpenAI and two former employees for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
- The lawsuit claims OpenAI used its recruitment process to extract confidential information from Apple.
- Recruiters allegedly asked candidates to review Apple documents and bring physical Apple parts to interviews.
- One former Apple employee, Tang Tan, is accused of using Apple's offboarding procedures to help employees evade security checks.
- Apple alleges departing employees are evading security measures to conceal misuse of confidential information.