Overview

• X and xAI filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Northern District of Texas accusing Apple and OpenAI of suppressing competition in consumer AI.
• The complaint alleges the two companies colluded to preserve a de facto monopoly for AI on smartphones and other devices.
• The filing cites Apple’s promotion of ChatGPT in the App Store after removing xAI’s Grok chatbot from the marketplace.
• Apple has not issued a public response, while OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman criticized Musk in a post on X.
• The dispute builds on Musk’s prior lawsuit against OpenAI and recent court disclosures about his floated $97.4 billion bid with Mark Zuckerberg to acquire the company.