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苹果称前工程师窃取商业机密 并协助OpenAI销毁证据
苹果对一名前工程师工作笔记本电脑的法证审查据称发现了被窃取的机密电路原理图——该公司称,这名现供职于OpenAI的工程师曾拉拢一名同事掩盖行踪。
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根据一起进行中诉讼的最新法庭文件,苹果公司指控一名前工程师窃取机密商业机密,随后与一名OpenAI同事合谋销毁证据。
此次争议的核心人物是刘畅(音译,Chang Liu),他离开苹果后加入了OpenAI的硬件团队。刘畅的法律团队近期交出了他此前使用的公司笔记本电脑以供法证调查,苹果表示分析结果显示刘畅曾使用——并在事后试图隐藏——公司机密信息。
具体而言,苹果指控刘畅使用其此前的工作笔记本电脑下载了一份“高度机密”的苹果电路原理图,随后将其上传至LTspice,这是一款广泛用于在实体样机制造前模拟电路性能的工具。苹果还称,刘畅在OpenAI使用的一款工具与苹果内部一款工程应用程序同名,这表明重叠之处不止一份文件。
然而,更为严重的指控是苹果展开调查之后发生的事情。根据诉状,刘畅在6月得知苹果正在调查其笔记本电脑使用情况后,拉拢了一名OpenAI同事彭钰婷(音译,Yu-Ting Peng)协助销毁证据——苹果还辩称,OpenAI本身“完全知情”刘畅可以接触其数据。
OpenAI对此予以反驳,将此次争议定性为苹果自身离职交接流程存在缺陷的表现,而非蓄意窃取,并辩称刘畅所接触的文件与他目前从事的硬件工作并无实际关联。
此案定于10月1日在联邦法官面前进行辩论,而这一时机对两家公司而言都颇为敏感。苹果一直在加紧追赶生成式人工智能功能,而OpenAI则在积极向硬件领域扩张——据报道正与苹果前设计主管乔尼·艾维(Jony Ive)合作开发消费级设备。涉及离职工程师的商业机密纠纷在硅谷并不罕见,但若销毁证据的指控最终成立,原本可能只是一起常规纠纷的案件,或将演变成对涉事个人乃至OpenAI自身硬件雄心都产生实际法律后果的事件。
Key facts
- Apple alleges former engineer Chang Liu stole a confidential circuit schematic
- Liu, now at OpenAI, allegedly enlisted a colleague to help destroy evidence
- OpenAI says the dispute stems from Apple's own offboarding failures
- Case goes before a federal judge on October 1
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