It's not our fault if you can't keep trade secrets, OpenAI tells Apple

We talked to an attorney about OpenAI's claims that Apple didn't protect trade secrets sufficiently, so they were fair game. That probably won't work out that well for OpenAI.

OpenAI has responded to Apple's latest filing about the theft of confidential information, by filing its own rebuttal which again accuses the company of trying to stop employees leaving. According to Reuters, OpenAI is now also calling out Apple for being behind on AI.

"[Employees] can leave a company like Apple that has struggled to adopt AI and move to an exciting startup that builds innovative products," says OpenAI in its new filing. "Apple may not like those choices. But it cannot claim those choices are unlawful, and it cannot use its own sloppy procedures to blame others for its own mess."

Saying that it "is trying to blame everyone else" for its own failings, OpenAI claimed that Apple's own procedures are at fault. Specifically, Apple:

• Encourages staff to use personal iCloud accounts
• Gives departing staff no time to return company devices
• Does not let them transfer internal files back
• Does not allow them time to hand over responsibilities

Consequently, according to OpenAI, employees find it hard to difficult to separate personal and private iCloud information. Apple's procedures allegedly mean that ex-employees retain company devices.