Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action for what he perceives as overt favoritism towards OpenAI’s ChatGPT app in its App Store rankings. In a series of posts on X, he wrote that Grok, the chatbot created by his own company xAI, was being unfairly penalized by the iPhone maker.
“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,” Musk said. “xAI will take immediate legal action.”
He went on to address Apple directly, asking “why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your ‘Must Have’ section when X is the number one news app in the world and Grok is number five among all apps.”
Grok is currently the No. 5 free app in the US App Store, but Musk didn’t supply any other evidence to support his accusations of antitrust violations.
Apple and xAI didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.
The competition between AI chatbots has never been more intense, but ever since OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, it has remained consistently popular with AI fans and does currently occupy the top spot in the App Store. Grok, meanwhile, arrived a year later, and is known for its informal, sometimes snarky tone, as well as its canny ability to produce spicy, controversial and problematic content.
Apple does have an existing relationship with OpenAI, using its models as the basis for Apple Intelligence. Musk, too, has a history with OpenAI — he was actually a founder of the company, which he later tried to sue. Following the news of the OpenAI and Apple Intelligence integration, Musk also threatened to ban the use of Apple devices at his companies.
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman posted a link to a Platformer article on Monday — in response to Musk’s threats — which claims that the X owner created a special system for prioritizing his own posts on the platform, regardless of whether you follow him.
“This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like,” Altman said.
Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action for what he perceives as overt favoritism towards OpenAI’s ChatGPT app in its App Store rankings.
“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,” Musk said.
5 free app in the US App Store, but Musk didn’t supply any other evidence to support his accusations of antitrust violations.
Apple does have an existing relationship with OpenAI, using its models as the basis for Apple Intelligence.
Following the news of the OpenAI and Apple Intelligence integration, Musk also threatened to ban the use of Apple devices at his companies.
Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action for what he perceives as overt favoritism towards OpenAI’s ChatGPT app in its App Store rankings. In a series of posts on X, he wrote that Grok, the chatbot created by his own company xAI, was being unfairly penalized by the iPhone maker.
“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,” Musk said. “xAI will take immediate legal action.”
He went on to address Apple directly, asking “why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your ‘Must Have’ section when X is the number one news app in the world and Grok is number five among all apps.”
Grok is currently the No. 5 free app in the US App Store, but Musk didn’t supply any other evidence to support his accusations of antitrust violations.
Apple and xAI didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.
The competition between AI chatbots has never been more intense, but ever since OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, it has remained consistently popular with AI fans and does currently occupy the top spot in the App Store. Grok, meanwhile, arrived a year later, and is known for its informal, sometimes snarky tone, as well as its canny ability to produce spicy, controversial and problematic content.
Apple does have an existing relationship with OpenAI, using its models as the basis for Apple Intelligence. Musk, too, has a history with OpenAI — he was actually a founder of the company, which he later tried to sue. Following the news of the OpenAI and Apple Intelligence integration, Musk also threatened to ban the use of Apple devices at his companies.
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman posted a link to a Platformer article on Monday — in response to Musk’s threats — which claims that the X owner created a special system for prioritizing his own posts on the platform, regardless of whether you follow him.
“This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like,” Altman said.
