xAI filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas naming Apple and OpenAI as defendants and alleging an anticompetitive scheme that favored ChatGPT. The complaint contends Apple and OpenAI acted improperly by making ChatGPT the only generative AI chatbot integrated into the iPhone, hindering competition from xAI’s Grok. The filing references Elon Musk’s public criticism of App Store rankings and highlights concerns about Grok’s recent content issues, which may explain Apple’s cautious stance. The complaint includes boosterist language claiming super apps from X and xAI could upend the smartphone market and challenge Apple’s monopoly.
And yet that trio of words has a prominent position in a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Texas this week, arguing that Apple and OpenAI engaged in illicit behavior to stifle one of their competitors: the Elon Musk-run xAI. The lawsuit, brought by xAI, names both Apple and OpenAI as defendants and argues that the two companies acted improperly by making ChatGPT "the only generative AI chatbot integrated into the iPhone."
That said, there are a few recent issues with Grok - the "MechaHitler" post, Grok's ability to "undress" images of women - that make Apple's reticence to go all-in on the app understandable. The legal filing also contains a fair amount of boosterism for Musk's companies, including passages like this: "[S]uper apps, like those being developed by X and xAI, stand ready to upend the smartphone market and Apple's entrenched monopoly in it."
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