Taylor Lorenz’s Power User

OpenAI Could Lose Everything w/ Alex Kantrowitz


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In what might be the most shocking Silicon Valley lawsuit of the year, Apple has accused OpenAI of corporate sabotage, trade secret theft, and orchestrating a massive campaign to poach over 400 former Apple employees to build its secret AI hardware division. From ex-employees using security bugs to access secret Apple folders, to candidates allegedly bringing physical Apple prototypes to job interviews for "show and tell", this legal battle gives us a rare, cutthroat look at the AI hardware arms race.

In this episode of Power User, I sat down with tech reporter and Big Technology founder Alex Kantrowitz to break down everything you need to know about the Apple vs. OpenAI lawsuit. Will this kill OpenAI's hardware ambitions and ruin its upcoming IPO? Will we ever actually get a ChatGPT phone? And why is Apple taking such aggressive legal action now? We break down why this isn't just another tech lawsuit, it's literally a fight over who will own the future of AI.

We discuss:

  • Why OpenAI hired Jony IveWhether an OpenAI phone is actually coming
  • The future of AI glasses, AI pins, and wearable devices
  • Why Apple may be trying to stop OpenAI before it can compete
  • The race to control the next generation of computing
  • Whether AI hardware is the future or another Silicon Valley flop
  • Why OpenAI tried to copy Apple's hardware roadmap instead of building from scratch.
  • How this lawsuit could cripple OpenAI's valuation and delay its IPO.
  • The future of AI hardware: AI pins, smart glasses, or will the iPhone remain king?
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