In addition to denying X and xAI’s demand, the judge also decried the case’s excessive discovery requests and disputes. Here are the details.
Court’s patience wears thin
Last year, X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, following Elon Musk’s claim that their partnership to integrate ChatGPT into iOS was preventing competing AI apps from succeeding in the App Store. The accusation was promptly debunked by X’s own users.
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
Following Apple and OpenAI’s failed attempts to dismiss the lawsuit, the case moved into discovery, the pretrial phase in which the parties exchange documents and evidence.
In the weeks that followed, X and xAI issued multiple motions to compel Apple and OpenAI to hand over troves of documents, while also sending document requests to at least eight foreign companies behind so-called “super apps.”
In one of these motions, X and xAI asked the court to force Apple and OpenAI to hand over what is loosely referred to as “source code”.
Many documents related to this dispute have yet to be made public. But in essence, based on documents that have been made public, OpenAI argued that there are technical aspects that make it impossible for Grok to be integrated into Apple Intelligence.
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