Apple’s agreement with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is not exclusive and does not stifle competition, Apple’s lawyers argued on Tuesday, urging a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by xAI, the AI company founded by multibillionaire Elon Musk. xAI is seeking billions in damages, claiming that Apple’s deal with OpenAI unfairly disadvantages the X app and xAI’s Grok app by reducing their prominence in the App Store.
Reuters:
Under a deal announced in June 2024, Apple has integrated ChatGPT into its operating system for iPhones, iPads and Macs. Musk owns both X and xAI, which owns the Grok chatbot.
Apple and OpenAI have “locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing,” the lawsuit filed by xAI in August claimed.
“Apple and OpenAI’s agreement is expressly not exclusive, and it is public and widely known that Apple intends to partner with other generative AI chatbots,” lawyers for Apple said.
In a separate filing, lawyers for OpenAI accused Musk of waging “a campaign of lawfare” against OpenAI and ChatGPT, referring to earlier suits that Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has filed against the company. They too asked the judge to dismiss the case.
MacDailyNews Note: Musk is independently pursuing a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a California federal court, aiming to block OpenAI’s transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit.
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