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Musk's xAI failed to allege OpenAI stole trade secrets, US judge says

By Amy Miller ( February 24, 2026, 23:07 GMT | Insight) -- Elon Musk’s xAI failed to plausibly allege in a US lawsuit that rival OpenAI poached employees to steal trade secrets, US District Judge Rita F. Lin said, but she gave xAI permission to try again. “Notably absent are allegations about the conduct of OpenAI itself,” Lin said. “xAI does not allege any facts indicating that OpenAI induced xAI’s former employees to steal xAI’s trade secrets or that these former xAI employees used any stolen trade secrets once employed by OpenAI.”Elon Musk’s xAI failed to plausibly allege in a US lawsuit that rival OpenAI poached employees to steal trade secrets, a federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday....

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