Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI final Friday, and it’s not messing round. The grievance alleges a sample of misconduct reaching all the way in which as much as OpenAI’s chief {hardware} officer and claims greater than 400 former Apple workers now work on the firm. OpenAI’s response so far has been rigorously hedged, and the timing couldn’t be worse with the corporate reportedly eyeing an IPO as early as later this yr.
On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what the lawsuit might imply for OpenAI’s personal {hardware} ambitions and IPO timeline, plus a much bigger theme operating by way of the week’s information: how a lot ought to anybody belief AI corporations with their knowledge?
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