Summary
X.AI LLC sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta in December 2025 seeking to block enforcement of AB 2013, a state law requiring generative AI developers to publicly disclose summaries of datasets used to train their systems, arguing the disclosure requirements would destroy trade secrets and violate free speech and takings clause rights. The case invokes the Trade Secrets Act, the First Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment takings clause; on March 4, 2026, U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal denied X.AI's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding the company failed to demonstrate it was likely to succeed on the merits or show concrete harm to its own datasets. The ruling allows California's transparency law to remain in effect while the underlying constitutional claims proceed, and X.AI
Case details
- Court
- CDCA
- Docket number
- 2:25-cv-12295
- Filed
- Dec 29, 2025
- Status
- Active
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