San FranciscoOpenAI denied stealing Apple’s trade secrets Monday.

The named engineers, not the companies, carry the real legal exposure.

California bars non-competes, so a trade-secret claim is often the only tool left to slow a rival’s hiring.

A court must now decide how specifically Apple must identify what was allegedly taken.

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OpenAI blames Apple's sloppy employee procedures and document protocols for liability; highlights 400 former Apple employees hired

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