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OpenAI: Apple’s trade secret theft accusation is baseless

OpenAI argued in a court filing Monday that Apple's accusations of trade secret theft are baseless, blaming Apple's own policies, including encouraging employees to use personal accounts for work and its same-day offboarding process, for the issues. The ChatGPT maker's response comes amid a legal dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets.

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OpenAI argued in a court filing Monday that Apple’s accusations of trade theft against the AI company are baseless, suggesting the problem instead lies in the iPhone maker’s own policies. The ChatGPT maker pointed to Apple’s practice of encouraging employees to use personal accounts for work and its same-day offboarding process for creating the issues…

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