Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, claiming damages for unfairly lowering the rankings of apps like Grok in the App Store
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Elon Musk, who had threatened to sue Apple and OpenAI, claiming that ' Apple is manipulating the App Store rankings to prevent X and Grok from reaching the top of the rankings ,' has now filed a lawsuit against the company.
Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over AI competition, App Store rankings | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/elon-musks-xai-sues-apple-openai-over-ai-competition-app-store-rankings-2025-08-25/
Musk sues OpenAI and Apple over anticompetitive conduct | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-apple-openai-chatgpt-8cc360bd419894ad8c6bfdd79eb5693f
Musk's xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging scheme that harmed X, Grok
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/musk-lawsuit-apple-openai-monopoly.html
Musk's AI company, xAI, released 'Grok 4' in July 2025. It became available to free users from August 2025, and the app quickly rose up the popularity rankings.
Grok 4 is now available to free users and can read large PDF files with hundreds of pages - GIGAZINE
However, it was unable to surpass OpenAI's ChatGPT in the App Store rankings, and Musk claimed that 'Apple is manipulating the rankings to prevent anyone other than OpenAI from reaching number one,' and threatened to take legal action.
The lawsuit was filed by xAI and X against Apple and OpenAI, alleging that Apple and OpenAI are violating antitrust laws by monopolizing the market and controlling it to prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing.
When Musk filed for legal action, Apple issued a counterargument, stating that the App Store is designed to be fair and unbiased, but did not comment on the lawsuit.
An OpenAI spokesperson responded, 'This lawsuit is consistent with a continuing pattern of harassment by Mr. Musk.'
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