Musk’s X and xAI Sue Apple and OpenAI, Alleging They Suppressed Grok in the App Store

The case was filed in US federal court in Texas on Monday. Elon Musk separately sued OpenAI in California to stop it from converting to a for-profit company.

Elon Musk added to his string of lawsuits against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, with his companies X and xAI suing both in US federal court in Texas for allegedly fostering an “anti-competitive scheme.”

The lawsuit alleges Apple suppressed the X (formerly Twitter) app and the Grok generative AI in the App Store because of Apple’s corporate deal with OpenAI, according to material acquired by Reuters. Apple uses ChatGPT to enhance its Apple Intelligence chatbot and image editing offerings on iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

X and xAI claim Apple ‘deprioritizes’ their AI apps

At the time of writing, ChatGPT was the first of the Top Free Apps displayed on the App Store, with Meta’s Threads (a competitor to X) at ...