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AI wars are turning into court wars.

An ex-xAI engineer hired by Elon Musk uploaded Grok's entire codebase to OpenAI, then sold $7M in stock and left. xAI is suing. The case could force OpenAI to prove its models aren't built on stolen tech.

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An ex-xAI engineer hired by Elon Musk uploaded Grok's entire codebase to OpenAI, then left the company and sold $7M in stock.

This is the craziest plot twist in the AI wars so far.

The story

  • One engineer.
  • One codebase.
  • Billions in potential advantage.

Now xAI is suing to block his move to OpenAI, and the case could force OpenAI to prove its models aren't built on stolen tech.

AI wars are turning into court wars.

The real lesson

Turns out, AI's biggest risk isn't hallucinations. It's humans.

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