Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai/

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yoyoma1234•16m ago

Yes

ofjcihen•11m ago

OpenAIs response:

https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong/

Personally, this reads a bit ridiculous in the face of what Apple is claiming but time will tell.

SiempreViernes•10m ago

> And, [OpenAI] said that Apple didn’t admit to the claim that the “residual access” allowing former employees to access Apple’s system was the result of poor security procedures on Apple’s part.

Sam "I hack others by mistake" Altman dunking on the security practice of others is funny, is there any glass house he won't go to?

bigyabai•5m ago

In fairness, that's an incredibly glaring MDM problem that was always going to blow up like a landmine if Apple didn't address it. I'd expect the macOS MDM policy to cover this if Apple was actually concerned about IP leakage.

giancarlostoro•5m ago

That is both a yikes (towards Apple) and very unethical (towards OpenAI and the engineers who did this). Why do people do these things? Do you have no shame that you might have a harder time landing future jobs if you're perceived as someone who might sell out your future employer on a whim and steal proprietary information?

datakan•10m ago

Really don't like all the drama around this. Should be dealt with in court, not tried in the press.

Both sides should learn to remain silent and work the case through legal channels.

6gvONxR4sf7o•6m ago

Seems to be Altman's playbook, just like how he got the CEO job back.

eagerpace•5m ago

This, and the books, and the government contracts, and the distillation… It’s like that one friend who complains how drama always finds them and they are clueless why.

georgemcbay•3m ago

> Both sides should learn to remain silent and work the case through legal channels.

This isn't a "both sides" situation.

OpenAI is posting drama blog posts. Apple isn't doing that.

"Apple says" in the headline here actually means: Apple filed for a preliminary injunction with the court and that is a public record and we are reporting on the contents of it.

giancarlostoro•9m ago

I have never gone from one job to another where the new job was in the same exact industry I was in prior, but I'm glad I never have to be thrown into such a scenario where I'm accused of taking confidential data, I can only imagine for some employers that makes you a red flag, very dangerous territory to be in.

CBLT•2m ago

The only time I did that, the company I was leaving begged me to take one of their corp laptops with me so I could offer "consulting" to them on the side. I never called them on their plausible deniability, I just said I felt that would be a conflict of interest and they shut up real fast.

josefritzishere•4m ago

AI seems to always be stealing from someone