OpenAI responded to Apple’s lawsuit for the first time: Believe in fair competition and found no evidence

IT House reported on July 15 that today, OpenAI officially responded to the trade secret infringement lawsuit filed by Apple, saying that the company "takes these accusations seriously, but has not found any evidence to prove that the complaint has a reasonable basis." OpenAI also stated that it is "not interested in other companies' commercial secrets." The company believes in fair competition and supports the free flow of talents. The current focus is still on independent research and development of innovative technologies. The legal dispute stems from July 10. On the same day, Apple officially submitted a 41-page complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, naming OpenAI and OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Tan and former Apple engineer Chang Liu as defendants. In the complaint, Apple accused OpenAI of systematically poaching Apple employees and using recruitment channels and supplier relationships to obtain relevant information, parts, design drawings and other confidential information about Apple’s unreleased products on a large scale to accelerate the layout of its consumer hardware business. Apple said that more than 400 former Apple employees currently work at OpenAI. Tang Tan, one of the core figures in the lawsuit, worked at Apple for 24 years. Before leaving, he served as vice president of product design and was deeply involved in the development of many iconic products such as iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods and iPod. Another defendant, Chang Liu, was accused of using software vulnerabilities he knew to continue to access Apple's internal file server and download dozens of confidential files after leaving his job to join OpenAI. Apple's complaint also accuses Tang Tan of requiring candidates who are still employed by Apple to bring "physical parts" - including batteries, logic boards and other hardware components - to OpenAI's office for so-called "show and tell" during the interview process in order to obtain more Apple confidential information. The lawsuit marks a sharp reversal in the relationship between the two companies. In 2024, Apple and