Happened at a (large) company I worked for in the past. A devops guy stole the DB ahead of going to work with a rival, he was caught and the rival of course wanted nothing to do with it. I'm not sure of his fate but it couldn't have been much fun.

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gyomu 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> the rival of course wanted nothing to do with it

The key difference here seems to be that OpenAI very much wants something to do with it.

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microtherion 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

That might be the most embarrassing implication for OpenAI out of the whole affair: That OpenAI, supposedly one of the vanguards in AI, saw a need to appropriate intellectual property of Apple, supposedly a complete laggard in that field.

	▲	mdasen 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Were they trying to get Apple's AI IP? I haven't followed that closely, but it seems like a lot of it has been around hardware design, not AI.
	▲	dkuntz2 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		it doesn't seem like they want apple's ai secrets, they want apple's electrical engineering secrets for building physical devices

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jjtheblunt 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's almost laughable how their behavior aligns with the "Scam Altman" snarky insult.

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blitzar 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Happens occasionally at big corporations, even the bloodsucking vampire. Best to distance yourself from such employees - lest they will do to you what they have done to others.

The difference is, relative to OpenAi they have standards and morals.

	▲	brazukadev 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		In this case there is a big chance he was hired by OpenAI because of that - or even was asked to do it.

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steveBK123 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

A mature organization does not want the liability and if contacted by previous employer with evidence of these kinds of allegations, immediately gives said employees the boot.