OpenAI issued a public statement on Aug. 3 in response to Apple’s earlier lawsuit, sharply disputing the company’s claims and the conduct surrounding the case. OpenAI described Apple’s filing as “careless, aggressive, and personally targeted,” and said the complaint rests on multiple factual errors.
According to OpenAI, Apple’s outside counsel mistakenly sent an email intended for someone else to OpenAI’s head of legal, then falsely claimed in that email that the two sides had already spoken by phone. OpenAI said Apple later acknowledged the mistake and attributed it to confusion between two Asian surnames. OpenAI also said that after contacting the company in February, Apple indicated it was “working to resolve any issues,” then did not communicate again for five months before filing suit.
On allegations involving former Apple employee Chang Liu, OpenAI said iMessage records show former Apple colleagues reached out to him after his departure for help locating files and acknowledged that the issue was a common result of poor offboarding access controls at Apple. OpenAI also defended executive Tang Tan, saying the longtime former Apple employee had clearly instructed his team not to use confidential information from other companies. OpenAI added that it had offered to cooperate, while Apple instead sought a preliminary injunction that OpenAI called unnecessary and based on false information.
OpenAI published a public statement on Aug. 3 responding to Apple’s earlier lawsuit, calling the case “careless, aggressive, and personally targeted.”
In the statement, OpenAI said Apple’s complaint contains several factual errors. It said Apple’s outside counsel mistakenly sent an email intended for another person to OpenAI’s head of legal, then falsely stated in that email that the two sides had already spoken by phone. OpenAI said Apple later acknowledged the error and said it had “confused two Asian surnames.”
OpenAI also said Apple contacted the company in February and indicated it was “working to resolve any issues.” After that, according to OpenAI, Apple did not communicate again for five months and then filed suit.
Addressing allegations that former Apple employee Chang Liu took confidential information with him, OpenAI said it has iMessage records from after Liu left Apple. Those messages, according to OpenAI, show that former Apple colleagues proactively contacted him and asked for help locating files, while also acknowledging that the issue was a common result of Apple’s poor management of access rights after employees leave.
OpenAI also defended executive Tang Tan, who it said spent more than 24 years at Apple. The company said Tan had consistently made clear to his team that they were not to use any confidential information from other companies.
OpenAI added that it had proactively offered to help resolve the matter, but Apple chose to file suit instead. It said Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction was “based on false information and completely unnecessary.”
Apple sued OpenAI in July, alleging that the company poached Apple employees and used confidential information to develop AI products.
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