US judge signals Musk's xAI may lose lawsuit accusing Altman's OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

By Jonathan Stempel Jan 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge signaled on Friday she may dismiss a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI (XAAI.PVT)​accusing Sam Altman's rival OpenAI (OPAI.PVT)of stealing trade secrets to gain an ‌unfair advantage in developing AI technology. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco said her "tentative view" is ‌to grant OpenAI's motion to dismiss xAI's lawsuit, pending oral arguments on February 3. She also said tentatively that xAI could amend its cl ...