Elon Musk-backed firms X and xAI have sued Apple and OpenAI, alleging that their exclusive deal to integrate OpenAI’s chatbot into Apple’s smartphones hurts competition. The lawsuit claims the deal gave OpenAI an unfair advantage in the app store and reduced innovation among rival chatbots. OpenAI controls 80% of the US generative AI chatbot market, while Apple holds about 65% of the smartphone market. This is not Musk’s first move against Apple and OpenAI; he had earlier accused them of favoring OpenAI in their app store rankings. The filing comes after Musk threatened to take legal action if the deal wasn’t revisited.
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