OpenAI wants its legal fees from xAI, while Apple comes for OpenAI
On Monday, OpenAI asked a federal judge in California to rule that xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit against it “should never have been filed,” and to make Elon Musk’s company cover more than $1m in legal expenses.
The filing landed hours after xAI gave notice that it intends to appeal. The case has been dismissed twice; It is now being appealed once and billed for.
xAI sued OpenAI in the Northern District of California in 2025, alleging that its rival had poached engineers and encouraged them to bring confidential information with them, with the complaint centring on Xuechen Li, a former xAI engineer.
In February, Judge Rita Lin granted OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint, but gave xAI until mid-March to try again.
xAI tried again, adding allegations that OpenAI had encouraged a newly hired employee to discuss work done at his previous employer.
On 15 June, Lin dismissed the...
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