Judge rejects xAI's lawsuit against OpenAI: Pre interview work is routine recruitment and does not constitute incitement to leak information According to Beating Monitoring, Federal Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco, USA, has made a final ruling dismissing the trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI against OpenAI, and ruling that xAI cannot sue again. The judge pointed out that xAI cannot prove that OpenAI instigated former xAI senior engineer Li Xuechen to leak the secrets of the Grok chatbot, nor can it prove that OpenAI's technical personnel knew that Li Xuechen may have leaked relevant information. The controversy stems from a PPT presented by Li Xuechen during an OpenAI recruitment interview. XAI alleges that OpenAI attempted to obtain confidential information about the Grok 4 model (released in July 2025) during an interview due to its outdated models in complex reasoning and reinforcement learning techniques. But the judge ruled in the judgment that it is a common practice in the industry to ask job seekers about their past work experience during recruitment. If the interview communication is classified as infringement, it will result in all employers facing legal risks during the interview process. The rejection of the lawsuit means that Musk has suffered his second lawsuit defeat against OpenAI within four weeks. On May 18th, a federal jury ruled against Elon Musk in another lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of deviating from their non-profit intentions and seeking $150 billion in compensation. At present, OpenAI has stated that Li Xuechen did not ultimately join the company, and OpenAI has never obtained any confidential information from xAI; Although Li Xuechen has been sued by xAI in a separate case, she has denied any misconduct. [Original link]