Musk threatens 'immediate' legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations
"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 wrote in a post on social media platform X.
"Why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your "Must Have" section when X is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps? Are you playing politics?" Musk said in another post.
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