Elon Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over OpenAI, sparking Sam Altman feud
by Blake Montgomery and agency from Technology | The Guardian on (#6Z9KE)
Billionaire accuses Apple of unequivocal antitrust violation' over app rankings, prompting testy response
Elon Musk has threatened legal action against Apple on behalf of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, accusing the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI and breaching antitrust regulations in managing the rankings in its App Store. The posts elicited snide responses from Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and began a spat between the two former business partners on X.
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," Musk said in a post on X.
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