Apple accuses OpenAI of playing dirty in the AI talent wars
Apple accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in a lawsuit filed Friday. OpenAI's recruiting techniques were put on blast.
Apple CEO Tim Cook.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesApple is accusing OpenAI of using its recruitment to steal trade secrets in a new lawsuit.The AI juggernaut has been hiring hundreds of workers from across the tech industry.
Apple alleges that OpenAI used interviews, not just hiring, to learn confidential information.OpenAI has been on a recruiting tear, supercharging its headcount and yanking top AI talent from other tech companies. Now, Apple says the AI juggernaut has been playing dirty with its recruitment tactics.
The Cupertino tech giant accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in a lawsuit filed Friday that also targeted its hardware outfit, IO, and two former Apple employees who worked at OpenAI. The lawsuit marks a dramatic escalation in the AI talent wars, where competition for elite engineers has become almost as fierce as the race to build smarter models.The complaint accuses OpenAI of using various stages of the recruitment process to extract sensitive information from the iPhone maker.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. OpenAI recruiters reportedly told job candidates to study confidential Apple documents and prepare "Technical Deep Dive" presentations on their work at Apple, according to the lawsuit. One executive asked a candidate to bring physical Apple parts to interviews for "show and tell" sessions, the lawsuit alleges.
The complaint lists some of the requested parts: batteries, logic boards, and glass samples.The lawsuit claims that one job candidate "expressed concern over OpenAI's tactics, noting he was 'surprised people have brought' Apple parts to interviews because he 'didn't know we could take those from the office.'"Apple is also alleging that OpenAI's interviewers would "probe for secret information" during the recruitment process, including by asking for explanations about vendors, suppliers, and engineering strategies.
The lawsuit called these actions "knowing and deliberate" and also alleged that OpenAI interviewers w
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