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The episode discusses Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft and its implications for the tech industry.

Apple sued OpenAI and one of its top executives on Friday, alleging the AI company stole trade secrets as part of its effort to develop competing devices. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler unpacks the explosive filing and explores what it might mean for the tech landscape. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Tim Cook Built the Apple Empire. What's Next for His Successor? - Artificial: The OpenAI Story Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Knutson

Guest: Rolfe Winkler

Topics covered

• Apple lawsuit
• OpenAI
• trade secrets
• tech landscape
• AI competition

Keywords

• Apple
• OpenAI
• lawsuit
• trade secrets
• technology
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, OpenAI

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