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Musk accuses Apple of antitrust violations, threatens legal action

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Apple and OpenAI have collaborated since June 2024 to bring ChatGPT features to Apple devices like iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

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Key Takeaways

  • Elon Musk intends to sue Apple for allegedly restricting AI companies in the App Store.
  • Musk claims Apple unfairly favors OpenAI while blocking competitors like xAI from top rankings.

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Elon Musk has threatened to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, claiming the tech giant unfairly restricts AI companies, except OpenAI, from reaching top positions in its App Store.

Musk’s AI company xAI is a direct competitor to OpenAI. Last week, OpenAI launched GPT-5, its latest and most advanced AI model, but Musk claimed xAI’s Grok 4 Heavy had already outsmarted it.

Apple has worked closely with OpenAI to embed ChatGPT’s functionality across its platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The collaboration enhances Siri’s conversational skills, integrates ChatGPT within Apple’s writing applications, and facilitates image and document comprehension.

Following their partnership announcement, Musk publicly threatened to ban Apple devices in his companies if Apple integrated OpenAI technology into its operating systems. He described this as “an unacceptable security violation” and suggested visitors to Tesla, SpaceX, and his other firms might have to surrender their Apple devices.

Apple is expanding this partnership and considering using AI models from OpenAI to power its updated Siri assistant, alongside models from Anthropic, Bloomberg reported in June.

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