Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Allows Refiling

In brief

• A federal judge has dismissed xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the complaint failed to connect the company itself to any alleged theft by former employees.
• The court acknowledged that it found no evidence that OpenAI induced the theft or used the stolen material in its products.
• xAI has until March 17 to refile an amended complaint; a parallel suit against engineer Xuechen Li personally remains active.