X.AI Denied Pause to Investigate in Tossed Suit Against OpenAI

Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp. can’t pause its dismissed trade secrets lawsuit for six months to investigate and buttress its claims against OpenAI Inc., a California federal judge said.

X.AI should have sufficiently investigated the underlying facts before filing a lawsuit that the US District Court for the Northern District of California tossed last month, Judge Rita F. Lin said in an order Monday. X.AI had asked for a six-month stay after being given three weeks to amend its complaint, which OpenAI had called an attempt to “bully” former employees. Its refiling deadline is March 17.

It’s “axiomatic that ...