Apple-OpenAI Talks Collapsed Over 1 Attorney Email Mix-Up, NBC Says
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 14
Apple-OpenAI Talks Collapsed Over 1 Attorney Email Mix-Up, NBC Says
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 14
Summary
Emails reviewed by NBC News show OpenAI did answer Apple in February, undercutting Apple’s lawsuit claim last week that OpenAI “never responded” to its trade-secret concerns.
The exchange then stalled after an outside lawyer for Apple mixed up the names and email addresses of two OpenAI employees with the surnames Wang and Chang, according to OpenAI.
That error appears to have derailed the talks before Apple sued, shifting attention from the alleged trade-secret dispute to how the communication breakdown unfolded.
The report adds a new wrinkle to the legal fight by suggesting Apple’s account of the failed outreach omitted a key response from OpenAI.