Apple Targets Former Employees in Battle with Sam Altman's OpenAI The tech industry has been abuzz with news of Apple's aggressive legal actions against OpenAI, the chatbot maker founded by Sam Altman.
At its core, this is a battle for control over intellectual property, particularly in the highly competitive world of hardware design.
Apple's decision to target dozens of former employees now working at OpenAI with stern personal warnings and demands to preserve documents suggests a desperate attempt to protect its trade secrets.