OpenAI Beats XAI's 'Conclusory' Trade Secrets Suit, For Now

By Bonnie Eslinger ( February 24, 2026, 10:56 PM EST) -- A California federal judge dismissed a suit Tuesday from Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI Corp. that accuses OpenAI Inc. of poaching its workers to steal trade secrets, saying "notably absent" from the current suit's "conclusory" claims are allegations showing misconduct by OpenAI and that she would allow xAI to submit a bolstered complaint....

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