The social network X and the XAI start-up, Elon Musk properties, filed a complaint on Monday, August 25, against Apple and Openai which they accuse of having formed an illegal alliance to hinder competition in the field of artificial intelligence (IA) generative on smartphones.
The billionaire, who seized a Federal Court of Texas, says that the manufacturer of the iPhone and the Chatgpt publisher agreed to integrate Apple smartphones, while dismissing rivals, like Grok, the AI ​​assistant from XAI.
“It is the story of two monopolies that unite their forces to ensure their domination continues in a world now powered by the most powerful technology ever created by humanity: artificial intelligence”can we read in the complaint.
X and XAI claim that Apple holds 65 % of the smartphones market in the United States, while Optai would control at least 80 % of the generative AI assistants market, thanks to Chatgpt. Apple and Openai announced their partnership in June 2024, incorporating the famous assistant to certain iPhone features, including his vocal assistant Siri. According to the complaint, this agreement would give Chatgpt exclusive access to “Billions of user requests” from hundreds of millions of devices.
Elon Musk also accuses Apple of manipulating the classification of its Mobile Applications Download platform (App Store) to promote the Chatgpt application, while delaying approval of the Grok application updates. Its companies demand several billion dollars in damages as well as permanent injunction to end the anti -competitive practices they denounce.
“Fierce campaign”
“This new complaint corresponds well to the recurring behavior of Mr. Musk, characterized by harassment”reacted an Openai spokesperson. Apple did not respond to a request from the France-Presse agency.
Elon Musk was part of the team of eleven people who founded Openai in 2015, but he left the company in 2018 and continues to attack him on X and before the courts since the phenomenal success of Chatgpt at the end of 2022. He took legal action against the star of the Silicon Valley who, according to him, would also proposed her values. Openai retaliated in April with a complaint against the billionaire, accusing him of leading a “Fierce campaign” To harm him.
This month, Elon Musk attacked Apple: “Apple acts in order to make it impossible for any company of AI other than Optai to reach first place on the App Store, which constitutes a manifest violation of the competition rules”launched the billionaire on X. These accusations caused a pass of arms with Sam Altman, co -founder and boss of Openai.
“This is a remarkable affirmation, given what I heard about Elon, who would manipulate X for his own benefit and that of his businesses and to harm his competitors as well as to the people he does not appreciate”he reacted on X. Sam Altman “Ment as he breathes”added Elon Musk, qualifying his message as “Bullshit”.
