Apple sends legal letters to dozens of OpenAI employees over data access

Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters

Apple is using legal letters to block OpenAI staff from accessing its sensitive user data. The FT reports Apple sent letters to dozens of OpenAI employees, demanding they not access, use, or retain Apple user info obtained through the Apple Intelligence partnership. The tension sits inside a relationship where Siri integrates ChatGPT, but Apple worries OpenAI could use the data to train its own models. The post doesn't spell out when the letters were sent, which roles were targeted, or whether OpenAI has responded.

Why it matters: FT exclusive: Apple sent legal letters directly to dozens of OpenAI employees barring them from accessing user data — a rare hardball move between active partners. All three HKR axes hit: the action itself is striking, it surfaces the data-flow risk from the Siri-ChatGPT integ...