Email mix-up derails Apple–OpenAI talks ahead of lawsuit
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NBC News reports that Apple did alert OpenAI to concerns about potential trade-secret theft and OpenAI did respond in February, but negotiations bogged down and were halted after an outside Apple attorney mixed up the names and email addresses of two OpenAI employees (Wang and Chang), effectively derailing talks before Apple filed suit.
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