OpenAI Agrees Not to Use Apple Trade Secrets in Ongoing Lawsuit

OpenAI agreed not to use Apple's alleged trade secrets as a judge considered an injunction. Both companies are now raising allegations over confidential files.

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Apple Faces $5.7 Billion Verdict Over iPhone and Watch Haptics

Apple plans to appeal a $5.7 billion jury award over Taptic Engine patents used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Learn what the verdict means for buyers.

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Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings.

Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems improve airline efficiency and quickly solve logistics problems so flights can stay on time and airlines can operate as smoothly as possible. Hundreds of airports use it globally.

Springshot powered Spirit’s technology stack for the last three years, right up to the “very last flight,” Kreuzkamp told Ars. Yet his company got no notice when Spirit prepared to auction off a massive dataset that he thinks likely improperly includes a substantial amount of data and intellectual property (IP) that Springshot owns—not Spirit.

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Apple-OpenAI Fight Escalates With New MacBook Evidence

Apple says evidence from a former engineer’s MacBook strengthens its trade secret case against OpenAI as the companies clash over AI hardware and hiring.

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