Apple and OpenAI have been officially sued by two companies funded by Elon Musk, who claim that the companies illegally teamed up to block threats from possible rivals. X and xAI filed the case in the US, claiming that Apple’s exclusive agreement to include OpenAI’s chatbot into its smartphone operating systems was illegal under competition law.
Musk threatened the two tech behemoths earlier this month, claiming that Apple favored OpenAI in its app store rankings, and the lawsuit fulfills that accusation. OpenAI stated that the filing was “consistent with Mr Musk’s ongoing pattern of harassment,” while Apple did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
However, the two have now turned into fierce adversaries, with Musk accusing Altman of pushing OpenAI too far from its inception in the name of the general welfare. Since Musk started his own AI companies, notably xAI and Grok, a chatbot substitute, their arguments have gotten more heated.
Musk’s companies contend in the case, which was filed in a Texas federal court, that there is no legitimate commercial justification for the Apple-OpenAI agreement to remain exclusive, claiming that the 2024 agreement has made competition more difficult and granted OpenAI access to the actions and prompts of millions of Apple users.
Additionally, it claims that the agreement offered the ChatGPT app a competitive advantage on the App Store, “increasing its downloads in comparison to other generative AI chatbots.
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