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Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

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CitrixNews Staff
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Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

On Friday, Apple dropped the bombshell news it was suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple’s confidential data and engaged in efforts to learn proprietary information while recruiting former Apple employees.

In accusing OpenAI of stealing secrets about Apple’s unreleased products, Apple revealed that a former employee allegedly siphoned reams of sensitive files from the company’s shared network folders, weeks after leaving Apple for a job at OpenAI.

Originally reported by TechCrunch. Read the full story at the original source.