How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans

苹果公司的大规模诉讼将如何扰乱 OpenAI 的 IPO 计划

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. 上周五，苹果公司对 OpenAI 提起了一项商业机密诉讼，而且态度十分强硬。诉状指控 OpenAI 存在一系列不当行为，甚至波及到了该公司的首席硬件官，并声称目前有超过 400 名苹果前员工在 OpenAI 工作。

OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully hedged, and the timing couldn’t be worse with the company reportedly eyeing an IPO as early as later this year. OpenAI 目前的回应非常谨慎，且诉讼发生的时间点对该公司来说极为不利，据报道，OpenAI 正计划最早于今年晚些时候进行首次公开募股（IPO）。

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what the lawsuit could mean for OpenAI’s own hardware ambitions and IPO timeline, plus a bigger theme running through the week’s news: how much should anyone trust AI companies with their data? 在本期 TechCrunch 的《Equity》播客中，主持人 Kirsten Korosec、Anthony Ha 和 Sean O’Kane 深入探讨了这起诉讼对 OpenAI 自身硬件雄心和 IPO 时间表可能产生的影响，以及本周新闻中贯穿的一个更宏大的主题：人们究竟应该在多大程度上信任人工智能公司处理其数据？

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