Apple Sends Letters to Dozens of Former Employees Now at OpenAI

Apple sent letters to about 40 former employees now at OpenAI, demanding they preserve documents and meet with Apple's lawyers, following a lawsuit accusing OpenAI and two employees of stealing secret hardware plans.

Michael Acton, reporting for the Financial Times from San Francisco: About 40 former employees now working at OpenAI have been sent letters directing them to preserve documents and communications and demanding meetings with Apple’s lawyers, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Apple and OpenAI declined to comment. The decision to hit employees with personal legal letters highlights Apple’s aggressive tactics after it last week launched a blockbuster lawsuit accusing OpenAI and two employees of stealing secret hardware plans.