GoKawiilMusk drops Apple from antitrust suit, keeps OpenAI as defendant
Elon Musk has filed to voluntarily dismiss all claims against Apple in his lawsuit alleging the Apple-OpenAI ChatGPT integration created an illegal monopoly, agreeing never to sue Apple over these claims again. He is still pursuing OpenAI, arguing it used its non-exclusive iPhone deal to dominate the chatbot market, a claim OpenAI calls baseless harassment.
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Apple's exit weakens the antitrust theory since the deal was never exclusive, leaving Musk to prove OpenAI alone monopolized the market without Apple's cooperation as a defendant. The case underscores the ongoing rivalry between Musk's AI venture and OpenAI as both compete for dominance in consumer AI assistants.
- Musk settled all claims against Apple, agreeing not to revive them
- OpenAI remains the sole defendant in Musk's antitrust suit
- Musk has not specified what market share the Apple-OpenAI deal allegedly forecloses
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-09-14
Published there as: “OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out”
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