US EditionMusk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme
xAI alleges Apple and OpenAI conspired to monopolize AI access on iPhones, disadvantaging competitors like Grok despite its high App Store ratings.
- On Monday, xAI and X Corp. filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in Fort Worth, Texas, accusing Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to block competition in AI and smartphone markets.
- In June 2024, Apple and OpenAI struck the integration deal giving ChatGPT exclusive access to billions of prompts from hundreds of millions of iPhone users, with ChatGPT controlling at least 80% of the generative AI chatbot market.
- On August 24, 2025, neither the X app nor Grok appeared in the "Must‑Have Apps" section despite Grok's millions of positive ratings and strong rankings elsewhere.
- XAI and X Corp. are asking the court for a permanent injunction and billions of dollars in damages, demanding a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas.
- Legal experts warn the suit could set important precedents as Apple's about 65% U.S. smartphone share may strengthen xAI's claims and Musk's legal campaign against OpenAI continues earlier this month.
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Elon Musk’s xAI and X file antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI over AI exclusivity
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI and social media platform X have filed a federal lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI. The suit accuses the companies of violating antitrust rules by limiting competition in the fast-growing AI sector. The lawsuit The lawsuit, filed on Monday, challenged Apple’s plan to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its devices. xAI argued that the partnership gives ChatGPT exclusive first-party access to hundreds of…
Elon Musk has only one chance of forcing Apple to promote Grok
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in federal court on Monday, alleging they conspired to freeze out competition in both the smartphone and AI chatbot markets. But xAI’s lawyers face an uphill battle in proving that Apple’s defaulting to ChatGPT on iOS harms consumers. Apple has struggled to add its own advanced AI features—including a chatbot—to its operating systems for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. At its June 2024 Wo…
X Corp. targets Apple and OpenAI in antitrust lawsuit
X Corp. and X.AI LLC filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that Apple and OpenAI’s exclusive ChatGPT integration violates federal competition law. Plaintiffs accused the two companies of violating antitrust laws by reinforcing effective monopolies in their respective markets. The lawsuit stated that Apple currently owns a 65 percent US marketshare for smartphones, while OpenAI maintains an 80 percent marketshare for generative AI chatbots. …
Apple and OpenAI are facing an antitrust lawsuit in a Texas federal court, accusing American billionaire Elon Musk of collusion and violating antitrust law to suppress his chatbot Grok.
Elon Musk claims Apple is hurting Grok by prioritizing ChatGPT on the Apple Store something the company has publicly denied
According to X and xAI, properties of Elon Musk, Apple and OpenAI have fomented an alliance in order to manipulate the ranking of the App Store to favor ChatGPT at the expense of other artificial intelligences, such as Grok, the assistant to xAI.
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