Elon Musk posted on X, stating that Apple makes it ‘impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store’|TED Conference|CC BY-NC 2.0
Elon Musk says Apple is giving unfair preference to OpenAI in its App Store, calling it an “unequivocal antitrust violation,” threatening legal action.
“Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store,” Musk said in a post on X.
He also posted asking why Apple doesn’t list the Grok AI chatbot in the store’s ‘Must Have’ section. Musk founded xAI, the company behind Grok.
The dispute follows Apple’s integration of ChatGPT into iPhones, iPads, and Macs—a move Musk once threatened would get Apple devices banned at his companies.
Musk is already suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over claims they abandoned their original mission of developing AI “for the benefit of humanity broadly.”
Altman fired back at Musk’s legal threat to Apple, accusing him of manipulating X for personal gain.
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Musk confirmed Tesla has disbanded its Dojo AI supercomputer team, shelving the second-gen D2 chip and the planned “Dojo 2” factory. He said all efforts will now focus on Tesla’s AI5 and AI6 chips, built by TSMC and Samsung.