{"slug": "hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post", "title": "Hacker News Thread on OpenAI’s ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’ Post", "summary": "OpenAI's public response to Apple's lawsuit, posted on its website, lacks context and assumes readers are already familiar with the legal dispute, according to a Hacker News thread. The response, which expresses a desire for friendship, has been criticized for not addressing the specifics of Apple's claims, highlighting a potential cultural disconnect at OpenAI.", "body_md": "There’s an old adage that you should never bring a knife to a gunfight. [My take on OpenAI’s response yesterday](https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/openai_apple_is_getting_this_wrong) was expressing incredulity that OpenAI was bringing, like, a box of chocolates to the gunfight. Apple is trying to kill io, and OpenAI’s public response is basically “*We love you guys, can’t we just be friends?*”\n\nThis thread on Hacker News though points out that their response doesn’t even explain what they’re responding to. There’s no context. They just assume the reader is up to date on the lawsuit Apple filed. If you didn’t know anything about the suit and started with this post, it would make no sense at all. I’ve heard from friends there that the OpenAI culture is “too online”, and this might be the best proof of it.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164649", "published_at": "2026-08-05 14:57:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-05 15:52:06.971378+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Apple", "Hacker News", "Daring Fireball"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacker-news-thread-on-openais-apple-is-getting-this-wrong-post.jsonld"}}