US EditionElon Musk Gets Green Light to Pursue Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple and OpenAI: Here's What Happened
The judge ruled the case merits further evidence and arguments despite the motion to dismiss, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of alleged antitrust collusion in the AI app market.
- In federal court, the judge rejected Apple Inc.'s bid to dismiss Elon Musk's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, stating the order is not a judgment on the merits.
- Earlier this year, Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI of colluding to block rival AI apps, while xAI grew frustrated that its Grok app did not rise after new features and vowed legal action.
- Defendants filed dismissal motions naming specific OpenAI entities including OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI, LLC, and OpenAI OPCO, while Apple Inc. submitted a Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12.
- The court directed the dispute toward summary-judgment motions rather than dismissal after Apple Inc. and OpenAI failed to resolve issues, leaving the case open for a fuller evidentiary record.
- Competing statements from Apple Inc. and OpenAI frame broader industry stakes as Apple defended the App Store's fairness while Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, accused Elon Musk of algorithm manipulation.
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Elon Musk gets green light to pursue antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI: Here's what happened
A US District Judge has allowed X and xAI to continue their lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, rejecting the companies' dismissal attempts. Musk accuses them of monopolising smartphone and AI markets, alleging antitrust violations due to preferential treatment for ChatGPT on Apple devices.
Apple & OpenAI must face baseless xAI lawsuit about alleged anticompetitive collusion
Elon Musk wasn't happy with how xAI was performing in Apple's App Store compared to ChatGPT, so he filed a lawsuit, which Apple and OpenAI must now face after failing to get it dismissed.Elon Musk wants Apple's help to make Grok more popularThere are a lot of odd details surrounding a case that pits Elon Musk and former business partner Sam Altman against each other — with Apple trapped in the middle. Musk's xAI developed Grok to compete with Ch…
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