Judge orders OpenAI to quickly hand Apple its records on interviews with former Apple employees
The ruling in Apple's trade secrets suit covers hiring for OpenAI's consumer hardware and robotics groups.
A judge has given Apple expedited access to OpenAI's hiring materials in the trade secrets lawsuit Apple filed against OpenAI in July, TechCrunch reports. The order covers documents from OpenAI's interviews with former Apple employees who applied to its consumer hardware and robotics groups. These may include interview checklists, guides, instructions, manuals and scripts. They may also include technical presentations and records showing that interviews referred to Apple technology or components. OpenAI has five days to hand over materials it has already collected and 14 days for everything else covered by the request. The court agreed with Apple that the documents should be fast-tracked. In its complaint, Apple accuses OpenAI of a pattern of theft. It says former employees used Apple laptops to download confidential material, including files on unannounced technologies, features and products, technical specifications, engineering presentations and proprietary project data. The case comes as OpenAI develops its first consumer hardware device, which TechCrunch says could eventually compete with smartphones. Apple's claims have not been proven. The ruling is only a discovery order, but it gives Apple an early look into how OpenAI built its hardware team.