Why are so many people talking about Claude? Meet the most dangerous AI in the world Apple asked a US judge on Monday (3) for an injunction prohibiting two former employees and OpenAI from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information, while it continues its lawsuit over trade secrets. Last month, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and the two former employees — both currently working for OpenAI — alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT owner's foray into the consumer hardware market, which represented a dramatic escalation of already simmering tension between the two companies. ??Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 The iPhone manufacturer also filed, on Monday, a simultaneous motion requesting the acceleration of the evidence production phase, including the presentation of documents related to the defendants' alleged access to Apple's proprietary information and trade secrets. The company asked the judge to order the two former Apple employees named in the lawsuit, Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, to give depositions, along with OpenAI employee Yu-Ting Peng and an unidentified OpenAI worker who previously worked at Apple. Liu is a former senior electrical systems engineer at Apple, while Tan is Apple's former vice president of product design for the iPhone and Apple Watch. Apple also requested depositions from corporate representatives from OpenAI and io Products, which is the commercial arm of OpenAI and is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit. “Apple will suffer irreparable harm if an injunction is not granted,” the company said in a document filed with the court. “Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction is based on false information and is completely unnecessary as we do not own, nor do we want, any of its trade secrets,” OpenAI said in a blog post Monday night. Apple's lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, comes after OpenAI successfully defended itself against a legal challenge brought by Elon Musk's xAI. The lawsuit kicks off a battle for control of future AI devices that may not use traditional apps or operating systems — devices that, if successful, would divert consumers' attention from the iPhone, Apple's best-selling product. Analysts believe OpenAI is working on a phone or other device of its own. Apple Reuters logo