Elon Musk In August 2025, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in a Texas federal court, alleging anticompetitive practices in the Apple App Store’s rankings and recommendations. The suit claims Apple unfairly favors OpenAI’s ChatGPT, particularly through its integration with Siri and prominent placement in the App Store’s “Must-Have Apps” section, suppressing xAI’s Grok chatbot and limiting competition in the AI market. Musk argues this constitutes an antitrust violation. Austin Carr for Bloomberg News: ‎ Elon Musk can’t understand why his Grok chatbot isn’t No. 1 in Apple Inc.’s App Store in the US. He’s been bemoaning the lack of recognition ad nauseum [sic nauseam] in X posts lately, griping how Apple recently…

Elon Musk In August 2025, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in a Texas federal court, alleging anticompetitive practices in the Apple App Store’s rankings and recommendations. The suit claims Apple unfairly favors OpenAI’s ChatGPT, particularly through its integration with Siri and prominent placement in the App Store’s “Must-Have Apps” section, suppressing xAI’s Grok chatbot and limiting competition in the AI market. Musk argues this constitutes an antitrust violation. Austin Carr for Bloomberg News: ‎ Elon Musk can’t understand why his Grok chatbot isn’t No. 1 in Apple Inc.’s App Store in the US. He’s been bemoaning the lack of recognition ad nauseum [sic nauseam] in X posts lately, griping how Apple recently…

Elon Musk Elon Musk’s xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, claiming the companies are unlawfully stifling competition in the AI industry. The suit alleges that Apple’s partnership with OpenAI gives ChatGPT an unfair advantage, making it the “only generative AI chatbot that benefits from billions of user prompts originating from hundreds of millions of iPhones.” OpenAI leverages these prompts and feedback to enhance its model, gaining a substantial edge, the lawsuit claims. Additionally, the suit alleges Apple is demoting rival chatbot apps in its App Store rankings. Rolfe Winkler for The Wall Street Journal: ‎ “In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting…

On Monday, Elon Musk used X to express frustration that Apple rarely highlights X or Grok on the App Store, accusing the company of unfairly promoting ChatGPT. He threatened immediate legal action by xAI. Apple has since addressed Musk’s claim. Hey @Apple App Store, why do you refuse to put either 𝕏 or Grok in your “Must Have” section when 𝕏 is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps? Are you playing politics? What gives? Inquiring minds want to know. https://t.co/3wenLZGtwG — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025 Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is…

Elon Musk is angry that the No. 1 Top Free App in the iPhone App Store is OpenAI’s ChatGPT, not his own Grok app. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

xAi’s Grok app via Apple’s App Store Elon Musk criticized Apple’s App Store practices on Monday, alleging bias toward OpenAI. The xAI Holdings founder, which includes the Grok AI team and X social network, claimed Apple prevents apps other than OpenAI from topping the App Store charts, a key visibility goal for developers. In a pinned X post, Musk questioned if Apple is “playing politics” by sidelining his products and threatened “immediate” legal action. Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 12, 2025 Vlad Savov for Bloomberg…