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- Elon Musk threatens legal action against Apple, accusing the company of antitrust violations related to rankings of the Grok AI chatbot.
- Musk claims Apple is favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT and preventing other AI companies like xAI from reaching top App Store rankings.
- This is part of Musk’s ongoing feud with OpenAI and his criticism of Apple’s monopolistic practices.
Elon Musk has accused Apple of engaging in an antitrust violation, claiming the tech giant is manipulating App Store rankings to favor OpenAI’s ChatGPT, stifling competition from his artificial intelligence startup, xAI. Musk threatened to take immediate legal action against Apple over what he described as an “unequivocal antitrust violation” regarding the rankings of xAI’s Grok AI chatbot.
Elon Musk’s legal threat against Apple
In a post shared on his social media platform, X, Musk expressed frustration over Apple’s alleged practices, saying, “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store.” He questioned why his apps X, the most popular news app globally, and Grok, which ranks #5 among all apps were not included in Apple’s “Must Have” section.
Musk’s accusations come after Apple’s integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its iPhone, iPad, Mac, and desktop products last year. Musk, who has had an ongoing feud with OpenAI (which he co-founded), expressed concerns about this partnership, threatening to ban Apple devices from his companies if OpenAI’s ChatGPT was integrated at the OS level.
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Musk’s feud with OpenAI and Apple’s role
The latest twist in the feud comes just after OpenAI’s release of GPT-5, the latest iteration of its AI model. Musk’s xAI recently released its Grok 4, a competitor to ChatGPT, and celebrated its chatbot surpassing Google as the fifth-most popular free app on the App Store.
Musk is also suing OpenAI, alleging that the company has strayed from its mission to develop AI “for the benefit of humanity broadly.”
This legal challenge against Apple is not the first time the company has faced accusations of monopolistic behavior. The Department of Justice sued Apple last year for running a monopoly within the iPhone ecosystem. In June, a panel of judges ruled that Apple could no longer charge developers a commission on payment links inside its apps or dictate how those links should appear.
Musk’s claims add fuel to ongoing debates about antitrust issues in the tech world, as large companies like Apple and Google face increasing scrutiny over their market dominance and potential anti-competitive practices.
