The trade secret theft lawsuit that xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) corporations led by Elon Musk, filed against OpenAI was dismissed in a U.S. court. The court found that xAI failed to present specific grounds.
According to Reuters on the 24th (local time), Judge Rita Lin of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco dismissed the lawsuit, saying xAI's claims were not sufficiently specific.
Judge Lin noted that xAI did not specifically allege that OpenAI induced employees from the company to extract trade secrets, nor that they actually used the confidential information after moving to OpenAI.
The xAI complaint included an allegation that OpenAI demanded the removal of trade secrets, but it reportedly lacked evidence to support this and detailed explanations about when and how the conduct occurred.
However, the court said it is possible for xAI to refile the lawsuit after supplementing the relevant grounds.
Earlier, xAI filed suit in September last year, alleging that former employees, including engineer Xueqian Li, who participated in developing the company's AI model "Grok," leaked trade secrets when they moved to OpenAI.
Separately, CEO Musk is also pursuing another lawsuit, saying OpenAI broke its promise to operate as a nonprofit and shifted to a for-profit corporations.