Before Apple Lawsuit, a Growing Unease at iPhone Maker Over OpenAI
In the months ahead of Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, the iPhone maker’s concerns about OpenAI’s plans to compete in consumer hardware have mounted steadily. For starters, there was the seemingly never-ending stream of Apple employees jumping ship to join the AI startup. As those departures began to reach into the hundreds, Apple scrambled to make counteroffers to employees being recruited by OpenAI with more compensation and additional job responsibilities, said people familiar...