xAI filed a Texas lawsuit alleging Apple prevents other chatbots from ranking above ChatGPT in its App Store, limiting rivals like Grok from gaining the user interactions needed to improve. xAI claims Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets through an exclusive integration that preserves monopolies and blocks competition. Musk stated Grok has a million reviews averaging 4.9 but remains unfeatured on App Store lists. Apple says the App Store is designed to be fair and not to favor any developer. OpenAI characterized the filing as part of an ongoing pattern of harassment. xAI launched in March 2023 and acquired X to boost chatbot training.
Musk's AI startup, xAI, alleged in the Texas lawsuit that Apple is preventing other chatbots from ranking above ChatGPT in its App Store, thus starving rivals such as Grok of valuable user interactions upon which the software relies to improve. Apple and OpenAI have therefore "locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing," Musk's lawsuit claimed.
Writing on his X platform later on Monday, Musk echoed the allegations in the lawsuit, saying: "A million reviews with 4.9 average for @Grok and still Apple refuses to mention Grok on any lists." Apple, which has integrated ChatGPT into its operating system for iPhones, iPads and Macs as part of its partnership with OpenAI, responded to Musk's initial threat of a lawsuit two weeks ago by insisting that its App Store is designed to be fair and not favor anyone.
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