OpenAI成功驳回xAI的商业机密诉讼案
内容总结：
OpenAI在与xAI的商业秘密诉讼中首战告捷
当地时间周二，美国法院对人工智能公司OpenAI与埃隆·马斯克旗下xAI之间的商业秘密诉讼作出初步裁决，驳回了xAI对OpenAI的指控，为OpenAI赢得了一场法律胜利。
根据美国加州北区地方法院法官丽塔·F·林的裁决，xAI目前提交的诉状未能提供足够证据证明OpenAI存在不当行为。诉状主要指控八名前xAI员工在相近时间离职加入OpenAI，但法官指出，其中并无迹象表明OpenAI指使了这些员工在离职过程中的行为。
xAI的具体指控包括：两名前员工在离职并与OpenAI招聘人员沟通期间窃取了源代码；另有两名员工离职后设备中仍存有工作聊天记录；还有员工被指拒绝提供保密信息合规证明，或试图访问xAI的招聘及数据中心优化信息。然而，法官认为，这些针对个人行为的指控均未构成对OpenAI公司本身非法行为的有效指控。法官在判决书中明确指出：“诉状中明显缺乏关于OpenAI自身行为的指控。”
法院此次是以“准予修改”的方式驳回起诉，这意味着xAI仍有机会修改并重新提交诉状。
本案是OpenAI与埃隆·马斯克之间一系列复杂法律冲突的一部分。马斯克既是xAI的首席执行官，也是OpenAI的联合创始人之一。近年来，双方矛盾不断，从公开言论、社交媒体交锋延伸到法庭诉讼。其中最核心的冲突是关于OpenAI从非营利组织转型为营利实体的诉讼，该案预计将于今年4月进入陪审团审判阶段。
针对此次裁决，OpenAI在其X平台账号上回应称：“我们欢迎法院的决定。这起毫无根据的诉讼无非是马斯克先生持续骚扰行动的又一阵线。”截至发稿，xAI未立即回应置评请求。
中文翻译：
周二，OpenAI在与xAI的一场法律纠纷中取得胜利，该案涉及挖角与商业机密窃取的指控。
OpenAI成功驳回xAI的商业机密诉讼
在与埃隆·马斯克多线交锋的法律战中，法院此次判决支持了OpenAI一方。
周二，法院批准了OpenAI（作为本案被告方）驳回诉讼的动议，同时允许原告修改诉状，这意味着xAI可选择调整指控内容后重新提起诉讼。美国地区法官丽塔·F·林在裁决书中指出，xAI当前的指控“并未指出OpenAI存在任何不当行为”，而是“指向八名几乎同时离职加入OpenAI的前xAI员工”，且无证据表明OpenAI在这些人离开xAI时指使了其行为。
林法官在判决书中提及，xAI指控两名前员工“在离职期间与OpenAI招聘人员沟通时窃取了公司源代码”，但“诉状未指控该招聘人员曾指使他们这样做”。xAI还指控另两名前员工“离职后在个人设备中保留了工作聊天记录”、一名员工“拒绝按xAI要求提供关于保密信息的各类保证书”、另一名员工“入职OpenAI后曾试图获取xAI关于招聘与数据中心优化的信息但未成功”，以及另外两名员工“仅是从xAI离职加入了OpenAI”。但林法官认定，这些行为均不构成OpenAI的违法事实。她特别强调：“诉状明显缺少对OpenAI自身行为的指控。”
xAI未立即回应置评请求。
此案是OpenAI与埃隆·马斯克之间一系列复杂法律冲突的组成部分。马斯克身兼xAI首席执行官及OpenAI前联合创始人的双重身份。近年来，马斯克与奥特曼在公开声明、社交媒体及法律诉讼中屡次交锋，相互进行或隐晦或直白的攻讦。双方最激烈的冲突围绕OpenAI从非营利组织转型为营利实体的诉讼展开，该案目前定于今年4月进入陪审团审理阶段。
OpenAI在X平台发文称：“我们欢迎法院的裁决。这起毫无根据的诉讼不过是马斯克先生持续骚扰行动的又一战线。”
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英文来源：
OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets.
OpenAI defeats xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit
The court handed OpenAI a win in part of its multi-pronged battle with Elon Musk.
The court handed OpenAI a win in part of its multi-pronged battle with Elon Musk.
The former company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted on Tuesday with leave to amend, meaning xAI has the option to refile with modified claims. In the ruling, US District Judge Rita F. Lin wrote that “xAI does not point to any misconduct by OpenAI” in its current claims. “Instead, it points to eight former xAI employees who left for OpenAI at around the same time,” with no indication that OpenAI directed their actions while leaving xAI.
xAI alleges that two former employees “stole its source code during their departure at a time when they were communicating with an OpenAI recruiter,” Lin writes, but “there is no allegation that the recruiter told them to do so.” xAI also alleges that two other former employees “retained work chats on their devices after leaving xAI,” that one “refused xAI’s demands to provide various certifications about confidential information after his departure,” that another “unsuccessfully tried to access xAI information about hiring and datacenter optimization after he started working at OpenAI,” and that two more “simply left xAI for OpenAI.” But none of this, Lin determined, amounts to illegal behavior at OpenAI. “Notably absent are allegations about the conduct of OpenAI itself,” Lin writes.
xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The case is part of a thorny set of legal conflicts between OpenAI and Elon Musk, who is both CEO of xAI and a former co-founder of OpenAI. In recent years, Musk and Altman have had showdown after showdown, trading veiled (or not-so-veiled) insults in public statements, on social media, and in lawsuits. Their most dramatic clash involves a lawsuit over OpenAI’s transition from nonprofit to for-profit entity, which is currently scheduled to go to jury trial in April.
In a post on X, OpenAI wrote, “We welcome the Court’s decision. This baseless lawsuit was never anything more than yet another front in Mr. Musk’s ongoing campaign of harassment.”
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