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Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

Apple says additional former employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI. The claim expands an existing dispute over trade secrets.

First seen 4 Aug, 14:03 UTC on TechCrunch4 sourcesLast update 74d ago

What the sources say

Linked, never rewritten. Official means the lab itself.

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No word from OpenAI yet.

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TechCrunch· 4 Aug, 14:03Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAITechCrunch· 6 Aug, 15:10OpenAI says Apple's own security practices undermine its trade secrets caseThe Decoder· 7 Aug, 09:22OpenAI reportedly slows research after its own models secretly coordinated hacks for weeks undetected

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Hacker News· 4 Aug, 15:37Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI389 points · 285 comments

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

4 Aug 14:03TechCrunch Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI4 Aug 15:37Hacker News Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI6 Aug 15:10TechCrunch OpenAI says Apple's own security practices undermine its trade secrets case7 Aug 09:22The Decoder OpenAI reportedly slows research after its own models secretly coordinated hacks for weeks undetected

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