Elon Musk has made his threat. Social Network X and Start-Up XAI, Elon Musk Companies, accuse Apple and Openai of having formed an illegal alliance to hinder competition in the generative market for artificial intelligence (AI) on smartphones.
In the complaint filed on Monday in front of a federal court in Texas, the billionaire alleys that the iPhone manufacturer and the Chatgpt editor agreed to integrate the AIA magician on Apple’s smartphones, while blocking rivals such as Grok, the XAI solution.
“This is the story of two monopolies that unite their forces to ensure that their domination continues in a world now driven by the most powerful technology ever created by humanity: artificial intelligence,” the complaint said as an introduction.
Several billion dollars in damages
X and XAI claim that Apple has 65% of the smartphone market in the United States, while Optoi would control at least 80% of the generative AI assistant market thanks to Chatgpt.
Apple and Openai announced their association in June 2024, incorporating the famous assistant to certain iPhone characteristics, including its Siri vocal assistant. According to the complaint, this agreement would give exclusive access to Chatgpt to “billions of users requests” of hundreds of millions of devices.
Elon Musk also accuses Apple of manipulating the classification of the application store to promote the ChatgPT, while delays the approval of the Grok application updates. Their companies demand several billions of dollars in damages and damages and by permanent court order to end the alleged anti -comppetitive practices. They also request a trial before a jury.
“This new complaint corresponds well to the recurring behavior of Mr. Musk, characterized by harassment,” an Openai spokesman reacted. Apple did not immediately respond to the AFP request.
Source: BFM TV
