Elon Musk accuses Apple of unfairly favouring OpenAI on iPhone

The billionaire founder of xAI Holdings said Apple makes it impossible for anyone other than OpenAI to reach the top of the App Store charts

Elon Musk said xAI will take legal action against what he deemed an antitrust violation. File photo: AP/Michel Euler

Elon Musk lashed out against Apple’s app store practices late on Monday, accusing the iPhone maker of favouring OpenAI.

The billionaire founder of xAI Holdings, which now houses the Grok artificial intelligence team and X social network, said Apple makes it impossible for anyone other than OpenAI to reach the top of the App Store charts, a sought-after global spotlight for app developers.