OpenAI asks judge to dismiss Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit

OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit alleging that former Apple employees took confidential technologies to OpenAI. OpenAI called the allegations "meritless," arguing Apple mischaracterized ordinary product-development information as trade secrets and did not take reasonable steps to protect it.

Why it matters: This is one of the highest-profile trade-secret fights yet between a Big Tech incumbent and a frontier AI lab, and its outcome could shape how aggressively companies can pursue former employees who move to competitors amid the ongoing AI talent war. It also lands alongside a wave of senior researcher departures elsewhere in the industry, underscoring how contested AI talent and IP have become.