Elon Musk's xAI posted on X that Apple was "playing politics" by not featuring Grok in the App Store's "Must Have" section and announced plans for legal action. Musk's companies filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Texas suing Apple and OpenAI, alleging an anticompetitive scheme that locks up markets and preserves monopolies to block competitors. The complaint accuses Apple of protecting its smartphone monopoly by partnering with OpenAI, described as a generative AI chatbot monopolist. Apple said the App Store is "designed to be fair and free of bias." OpenAI called the filing consistent with a pattern of harassment.
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,
Working in tandem, Defendants Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing,
In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots,
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