Summary
Elon Musk's companies, X and xAI, have filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI. They claim that Apple's partnership with OpenAI to integrate the chatbot into iPhones is unfair, limiting competition in the AI chatbot market. The lawsuit argues this deal gives an advantage to OpenAI over other similar companies.
Key Facts
- Elon Musk's two companies have sued Apple and OpenAI.
- The lawsuit is about Apple's exclusive use of OpenAI's chatbot in its smartphones.
- Musk's firms argue this is against competition laws and harms other competitors.
- Apple has not commented immediately on the lawsuit.
- OpenAI claims the lawsuit is part of Musk's pattern of harassment.
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman, OpenAI's head, used to work together but now are rivals.
- The lawsuit also claims that the exclusive deal gave OpenAI an unfair advantage in the app store.
- OpenAI reportedly controls about 80% of the US generative AI chatbot market.
