Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple over app store ranking of his AI app
In a series of posts on X on Monday, a social media platform he owns, he accused Apple of only allowing xAI rival OpenAI's ChatGPT to claim the top spot in its rankings for mobile applications, and said his AI company would take 'immediate legal action.'
'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,' he wrote.
Grok, xAI's AI model, currently ranks 6th in the App Store's 'Top Free Apps' section for iPhones in the United States, while ChatGPT tops the list.
'Hey @Apple App Store, 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…Are you playing politics? What gives?' he wrote in a pinned post.
CNN has reached out to xAI, Apple and OpenAI for comment.
'Apple's App Store curation appears biased, favoring established AI like ChatGPT (overall) over innovative challengers,' Grok wrote in a post on X, which was reposted by Musk. 'Editorial picks may reflect caution toward xAI's unfiltered style, but this stifles competition. Truth matters more than politics,' it wrote.
Neither Grok nor Musk provided evidence to their claims.
Grok by xAI, ChatGPT and Deepseek app icons seen in an iPhone screen.
David Talukdar/Shutterstock
In June 2024, Apple partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT services into its devices.
In response, Musk threatened to ban Apple devices at his companies, including X, Tesla and SpaceX. It was unclear if he ultimately followed through.
This is not the first time Apple's App Store operations has faced legal challenges.
In April, a federal judge in California ruled the iPhone maker had violated a court order to reform its App Store for greater competition in app downloads and payment methods.
The order stemmed from a high-profile antitrust suit in 2021 filed by the maker of the hit video game Fortnite, Epic Games, over Apple's monopoly on the distribution of IOS apps. The court then found Apple violated a California competition law and ordered the company to allow developers more freedom to direct users to alternative payment options.
In a separate case in April, the European Commission fined Apple €500million ($570 million) for breaching a digital competition law by restricting app developers from steering users toward cheaper options outside the App Store. Last month, Apple appealed the fine to an European court.
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