US EditionFormer xAI Engineer Sued for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets
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Former xAI Engineer Sued for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets
San Francisco—A Chinese national who was formerly an xAI engineer has been sued by the company for alleged “willful and malicious” stealing of xAI’s trade secrets and documents, including “cutting-edge AI technologies with features superior to those offered by ChatGPT and other competing products.” The 29-page federal civil complaint filed Aug. 28 in the Northern District of California seeks a temporary restraining order, ordering the defendant …
🔊 Listen to this news Artificial intelligence company xAI has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California against its former employee Xuechen Li. The company accuses him of stealing confidential information about its chatbot, Grok, in order to benefit OpenAI. This complaint highlights the intense competition in the development of advanced artificial intelligence models and raises serious concerns about the protection of trade secrets in the …
The lawsuit includes that the former employee went so far as to request xAI to repurchase the company's shares to reach $7 million.
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