**[OpenAI Poaches Over 400 Employees from Apple, Apple Responds with Raises and Promotions to Retain Staff]** According to monitoring by Dongcha Beating, Apple and OpenAI have been engaged in a months-long talent war prior to Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI. As the number of employees switching jobs climbed to several hundred, Apple began offering raises and additional responsibilities to poached employees in an effort to retain them. In its lawsuit, Apple stated that over 400 former employees have already joined OpenAI. The poached personnel span departments such as product design, display technology, antennas, supply chain, and hardware procurement. OpenAI's hardware chief, Tang Tan, has been identified as a key recruiter. He previously worked at Apple for approximately 25 years and was responsible for iPhone hardware development. OpenAI is reportedly preparing a series of AI devices, including screenless smart speakers, glasses, recording devices, and wearable pins. Apple is concerned that its own talent and trade secrets are being used to help OpenAI develop new hardware competitors. Tensions between the two companies have been simmering for some time. Back in May of this year, OpenAI considered filing a breach of contract claim against Apple due to underwhelming integration performance with ChatGPT, but ultimately decided not to proceed with the lawsuit. [Original Article Link]