"Doximity just filed a new lawsuit against OpenEvidence, escalating the heated legal battle between two multibillion-dollar healthcare companies racing to build "ChatGPT for doctors." OpenEvidence, a hot $3.5 billion healthcare startup building an AI search engine for doctors, first sued Doximity in June, claiming the $13 billion public healthcare company impersonated doctors to steal its trade secrets. Doximity also moved to dismiss OpenEvidence's original complaint on Monday, calling the June lawsuit an attempt to "stifle fair competition.""
"The disputes between the two companies began even earlier this year. In February, OpenEvidence filed a similar lawsuit against Canadian AI startup Pathway Medical, accusing the AI-powered clinical decision support company of making "prompt injection" attacks to access the system prompts behind OpenEvidence's AI and use them to train Pathway's AI. Pathway sought to dismiss that case in June. In August, Doximity acquired Pathway for $63 million."
"OpenEvidence sued a third competitor, Vera Health, on similar claims of prompt injection attacks in June. Vera Health hasn't yet responded to the lawsuit in court. OpenEvidence's efforts may very well be a test bed for new legal precedents. The startup's legal battles with Doximity, Pathway, and Vera Health are among the first instances of a company suing a competitor for using AI prompts to reveal a model's underlying instructions."
Doximity filed a new lawsuit against OpenEvidence accusing OpenEvidence of spreading inaccurate information to undermine Doximity's reputation and poach employees. OpenEvidence previously sued Doximity in June, alleging Doximity impersonated doctors to steal trade secrets. Earlier, OpenEvidence sued Pathway Medical for alleged "prompt injection" attacks to access system prompts and train competing models; Pathway sought dismissal and was later acquired by Doximity for $63 million. OpenEvidence also sued Vera Health over similar claims. The cases could establish new legal precedents defining trade-secret theft and acceptable AI prompt behavior in healthcare. Doximity called OpenEvidence's behavior "unacceptable."
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