OpenAI Challenges Apple's Trade Secrets Claim by Highlighting Security Practice Flaws

OpenAI argues that Apple's lax security practices, including improper access revocation and use of personal iCloud accounts, weaken Apple's trade secrets claim. The company also asserts that Apple's lawsuit is a strategic move to hinder competition rather than protect genuine intellectual property.

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the company —undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information was properly protected.

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