Svmuu News: A federal judge has dismissed xAI’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI and denied its motion to amend the complaint. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled that xAI failed to prove that OpenAI induced its former engineer to disclose trade secrets related to the Grok chatbot during the hiring process. The judge noted that simply asking job applicants to discuss their past work is part of standard hiring procedures and does not constitute inducing them to disclose confidential information. Accepting xAI’s line of reasoning could expose employers to legal risks whenever they ask job applicants about their prior work. Previously, Elon Musk had sued OpenAI, Sam Altman, and co-founder Greg Brockman for deviating from their nonprofit mission; that lawsuit was dismissed by a federal jury last month. (Decrypt)