Overview
- Apple told the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth that xAI and X’s allegations rest on “speculation on top of speculation” and do not plausibly show injury to competition.
- OpenAI separately moved to dismiss and characterized Elon Musk’s litigation as a “campaign of lawfare” targeting the company and ChatGPT.
- Apple said its agreement with OpenAI is expressly non‑exclusive and that it intends to partner with other generative AI chatbots, adding that antitrust law does not require it to work with every rival.
- Musk’s companies sued in August seeking billions in damages, alleging Apple favored ChatGPT through Siri integration and App Store placement while disadvantaging Grok and the X app.
- The case, X Corp. v. Apple Inc., 25-cv-00914, remains pending in the Northern District of Texas as the court considers the dismissal motions; Apple’s ChatGPT integration was announced in June 2024 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.