The biggest bombshells from Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI(businessinsider.com)
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The biggest bombshells from Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft-2026-7
'The lawsuit claims that Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan, a former Apple vice president who spent 24 years at the company, asked Apple job candidates to bring physical components for "show and tell" sessions during interviews. OpenAI employees would also ask candidates for prototypes and information about vendors, the complaint alleges.'
Apple, like all FAANG and adjacent/copycat companies, have such insane hiring processes, all to make sure they get the best people. Yet were constantly seeing headlines like these: highly paid engineers and top execs doing the unthinkable. Tang Tan's total compensation at Apple was likely well into the millions and that didn't stop him asking interviewees to steal trade secrets. Amazing.