A US District Judge rejected Apple’s request to toss the lawsuit that accuses it and OpenAI of thwarting competition in the AI sector. Here are the details.
A bit of background
Earlier this year, Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI of colluding to prevent other AI companies from reaching the top spot on the App Store.
At the time, xAI had just released a few new features to the Grok app, and Musk was frustrated that the app hadn’t climbed further up the App Store rankings.
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.
xAI will take immediate legal action. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 12, 2025
When Musk followed through with his promise to sue, Apple countered with the following statement:
“The App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias. We feature thousands of apps through charts, algorithmic recommendations, and curated lists selected by experts using objective criteria. (…) Our goal is to offer safe discovery for users and valuable opportunities for developers, collaborating with many to increase app visibility in rapidly evolving categories.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also responded through a series of posts on X, in which he accused Musk of having manipulated the X algorithm in the past to “hurt competitors”.
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