A US court dismissed xAI's lawsuit against OpenAI over trade secrets with a ban on refiling. Federal judge Rita Lin stated that Elon Musk's company had not proven that the startup, during hiring, induced former xAI engineer Xuechen Li to disclose confidential data about the Grok chatbot. The dispute concerned Li's presentation at the interview, where he talked about past work, including the reinforcement learning and post-training systems of Grok 4. The judge noted that discussing prior experience during hiring is not equivalent to inducement to transfer a trade secret. This is Elon Musk's second defeat in the dispute with OpenAI in less than…
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