Elon Musk accuses Apple and OpenAI of stifling AI competition in lawsuit

Mr Musk’s post insinuated that Apple had rigged the system against ChatGPT competitors such as the Grok chatbot made by his own xAI

Elon Musk is seeking damages and a court order halting what he says are illegal practices. Picture: AP

Elon Musk has targeted Apple and OpenAI in a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence (AI).

The 61-page complaint filed in a Texas federal court follows a threat Mr Musk made two weeks ago when he accused Apple of unfairly favouring OpenAI and ChatGPT in the iPhone’s app store rankings for top AI apps.