This Week in Tech · Monday, July 13, 2026
The lawsuit against OpenAI includes allegations that the company coached departing employees on how to avoid standard walkout procedures to retain access to information. This is happening while OpenAI is already facing a lawsuit from The New York Times.
“the complaint is also that Open AI coached them about putting in their two weeks notice and then so they can still have access to the information and continue to pull IP over time.”
“Open AI has counselled departing employees not to disclose their next employer and given advice on how to avoid the quote, dreaded walkout and quote, that would promptly remove them from the company, rather than giving them a standard two weeks in which they could continue to access Apple's confidential information and trade secrets.”
“So you also have to think about Open AI. They're in a lawsuit with the New York Times about stealing information.”