The world's richest man hounded his former employee
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is not only in the spotlight for his wealth but also for the sensational events at his companies. Musk's company, xAI, recently filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a recently fired employee had copied confidential company information and sold it to the company.
WHAT WAS IN THE SECRET INFORMATION?
According to the lawsuit, Xuechen Li, an engineer who played a crucial role in the development of the Grok chatbot, cashed out his $7 million stake in xAI after accepting a job offer from OpenAI. He was then accused of copying confidential company documents and transferring them to a rival firm.
xAI alleges that Li stole more advanced technologies from ChatGPT, and that using them at OpenAI could save its competitors billions of dollars in R&D costs and years of work. The company also filed an injunction to prevent Li from starting at OpenAI.
"HE DELETED HIS BROWSER HISTORY"
The company alleges that Li deleted browser history and system logs, renamed files, and uploaded data to his personal device to conceal his illegal activities. He also allegedly admitted to receiving the information both verbally and in writing.
He was in the first team of 20 people.
Li, a Chinese citizen who earned his doctorate at Stanford, joined xAI in early 2024 and was part of the initial team of about 20 engineers. The lawsuit alleges that Li, who cashed in $7 million worth of shares over the summer, copied confidential documents just before leaving the company.
THEIR SALARIES ARE JAW-DROPPING, THERE IS NO OTHER PARTY IN THE WORLD
Giants like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI are known to be recruiting AI experts like superstar athletes. Some job offers involve deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The lawsuit adds another twist to Musk's legal battles in the tech world. Having previously filed lawsuits against Apple and OpenAI, Musk continues to drag competition in the sector into the courtroom.
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