Elon Musk’s xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI over alleged favoritism in artificial intelligence apps. It accused Apple and OpenAI of an « anticompetitive scheme » and alleged the two companies « colluded. »
Aug. 25 An Elon Musk-owned company on Monday sued OpenAI and tech giant Apple over alleged favoritism in artificial intelligence apps.
The lawsuit filed in a federal north Texas court by X and Musk’s xAI, an artificial intelligence startup Musk launched in 2023, accused Apple and OpenAI of an « anticompetitive scheme » and alleged the two companies « colluded » in order to keep a monopoly in the generative AI business markets.
« 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 », according to court records.
