Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple Over AI Chatbots’ App Store Rankings

Musk is accusing Apple of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over Grok, which his AI company xAI developed.

Elon Musk has accused Apple of fixing its App Store rankings so that ChatGPT appears as number one and says he will pursue legal action. Musk is the CEO of artificial intelligence company xAI, which developed the Grok chatbot.

“Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation,” Musk wrote on X. “xAI will take immediate legal action.”

Currently, ChatGPT is number one on Apple’s list of top free iPhone apps on the US App Store, while Grok is in fifth place. The next AI app on the list is Google Gemini, which ranks 64th.

Musk did not provide any evidence to support his claim that Apple is making it impossible for ...