Elon Musk’s xAI accuses rival OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

The lawsuit filed Wednesday said that OpenAI was engaged in a "deeply troubling pattern" of hiring away former xAI employees to gain access to trade secrets related to its AI chatbot Grok.

"OpenAI is targeting those individuals with knowledge of xAI’s key technologies and business plans—including xAI’s source code and its operational advantages in launching data centers—then inducing those employees to breach their confidentiality and other obligations to xAI through unlawful means," the lawsuit said.

An OpenAI spokesperson denied the allegations in a statement on Thursday and called the lawsuit "the latest chapter in Mr. Musk’s ongoing harassment" against the company.