OpenAI已提交驳回动议，对Apple提起的贸易秘密侵权诉讼进行辩护[1]。Apple在7月指控OpenAI策划从前Apple工程师处获取机密硬件信息[1]。
在驳回动议中，OpenAI辩称Apple自身的安全措施存在漏洞，削弱了其贸易秘密保护的有效性[1]。OpenAI指出Apple允许员工使用个人iCloud账户进行工作，并提交了短信记录显示Apple经理在员工Chang Liu离职后仍保持登录其个人iCloud账户[1]。OpenAI还指控Apple未能明确指出具体被盗的贸易秘密，仅提及"产品开发流程的通用类别"[1]。
OpenAI声称公司聘请前Apple员工是为了获得优秀人才，而非窃取商业机密[1]。公司表示："OpenAI没有使用、需要或渴望Apple的贸易秘密，我们正在建设与Apple完全不同的东西"[1]。OpenAI进一步指控Apple利用此诉讼阻止其在AI驱动硬件创新中的发展[1]。
OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, arguing that Apple's own weak security practices undermine the company's claims of protecting confidential information [1]. In the filing, OpenAI contends that Apple permitted employees to use personal iCloud accounts for work purposes and maintained negligent offboarding procedures, which substantially weakened the protection of any alleged trade secrets [1]. The company also presented text messages indicating that an Apple manager remained logged into former employee Chang Liu's personal iCloud account after his departure [1].
Apple filed the lawsuit in July, accusing OpenAI of orchestrating the acquisition of confidential hardware information from former Apple engineers [1]. However, OpenAI argues that Apple has failed to identify specific trade secrets that were allegedly misappropriated, instead only referencing "generic categories of product development processes" [1]. According to OpenAI's defense, the company neither uses nor requires Apple's trade secrets, stating: "OpenAI has no use for, need for, or desire for Apple's trade secrets; we are building something entirely different from Apple" [1]. OpenAI contends that it hired former Apple employees as part of its general talent acquisition strategy, not to obtain proprietary information, and characterizes the lawsuit as an attempt by Apple to impede OpenAI's progress in AI-driven hardware innovation [1].