Musk threatens 'immediate' legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations
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Musk Threatens Apple Lawsuit Over App Store AI Rankings
Above: A photo illustration depicting the Apple App Store page for Grok AI. Image copyright: Cheng Xin/Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
Apple's blatant favoritism toward OpenAI creates an unfair playing field. The tech giant's partnership with OpenAI gives ChatGPT preferential treatment in rankings and editorial features while systematically excluding competitors like Grok from prime promotional spots. This monopolistic behavior violates basic antitrust principles.
Narrative B
Musk's accusations not only lack credible evidence but are laughably hypocritical given his alleged manipulation of the X platform to benefit his companies while directly harming competitors. In the meantime, OpenAI will continue working on what has made it so successful, creating new and exciting products for the market.