THE SHORT VERSION
OpenAI alleges a former staff member moved more than 100 proprietary files to personal storage and discussed product strategy with senior Apple leaders in Asia.
OpenAI alleges that a former employee transferred more than 100 proprietary files to personal storage and shared product strategy with senior Apple leadership in Asia. The allegation surfaced on 14 October.
It is the second personnel security matter at the company inside a week, following the arrest of engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan on 9 October over a recording device allegedly placed in an executive conference room. Taken together they describe a company dealing with insider risk on two fronts at once, in the same period as eight state lawsuits and an FTC examination.
Details remain thin and the allegations are untested. We are reporting what OpenAI has claimed, not what has been established, and will update when there is a filing or a response.
Sources
The Verge