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OpenAI Calls Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit 'Oddly Personal' as Legal Fight Turns Ugly
OpenAI has fired back at Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, calling it "careless, aggressive and oddly personal" and denying that it possesses or wants any of Apple's confidential information. The dispute stems from Apple's claim that OpenAI stole hardware designs and that over 400 former Apple employees now work at the AI company, with two individuals specifically accused of accessing or seeking out proprietary information. The conflict reflects growing rivalry between the two firms as OpenAI moves into consumer hardware and Apple pursues its own AI ambitions.
Netflix Lost a $45M Nicolas Cage Film Off Someone's Desk. Now It's Being Sued.
Netflix is being sued after an unencrypted drive containing the unreleased Nicolas Cage film *Fortitude* — which cost $45 million to produce — was stolen from its offices, with the production company alleging Netflix waited up to a week to report the theft and failed to take basic security precautions. The plaintiffs, producer Simon Afram and Op-Fortitude, are seeking at least $112.5 million in damages, claiming Netflix left the unencrypted drive — which Netflix itself allegedly requested be delivered unlocked — unsecured on an office desk. Netflix denies liability, arguing the production company bears responsibility for not encrypting the drive, and accuses the plaintiffs of using the lawsuit to extort money.
Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit on a Technicality, Promises Appeal
A jury unanimously ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding that his claims were filed too late and are barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. Musk had argued that OpenAI's founders breached a charitable trust and unjustly enriched themselves by abandoning the company's nonprofit mission, but the jury determined he had reason to suspect this before the legal deadlines had passed. Musk has announced he will appeal the decision, dismissing the outcome as a "calendar technicality" rather than a ruling on the merits of his case.