Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI for Stifling AI Competition
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- Date Published
- 25 Aug 2025
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- 3
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- 25 Aug 2025, 03:08 pm
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The case sets up a high-stakes court showdown between the richest person on the planet and one of the world’s most valuable companies.
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Elon Musk has initiated a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, claiming that their collaboration stifles competition in the AI sector. Musk argues that Apple's integration of OpenAI's technologies into the iPhone ecosystem unfairly disadvantages other AI developers, impeding innovation and consumer choice. This case highlights significant concerns over monopolistic practices in AI technology distribution and its potential impact on the market. The lawsuit is indicative of increasing tensions in AI governance and intellectual property management, touching upon issues of fair access and competition critical to the global AI safety dialogue.
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TechnologyAIPrint articleMadlin MekelburgUpdatedAug 26, 2025 – 6.19am,first published at2.26amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginAustin| Elon Musk has accused Apple and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favouring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers.Musk’s X and xAI seek billions of dollars in damages in the suit filed on Monday (Tuesday AEST) in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, arguing thatApple’s decision to integrate OpenAIinto the iPhone’s operating system inhibits rivalry and innovation within the AI industry and harms consumers by depriving them of choice.Loading...BloombergSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIElon MuskOpenAIAppleFetching latest articlesThis sneaker company is making billions from its beaten-up shoesLuke BenedictusEquity analysts used to be rock stars. Now what?The fashion brand Gen Z can’t get enough ofThe humiliating career mistake that changed this CEO’s lifeSally Patten and Mandy CoolenThe surprising age at which firms think you’re old (but there’s a fix)How accountants are moving into high-growth jobsThe ultimate tech gifts to spoil dad with this Father’s DayJohn DavidsonThis private retreat will change the way you holiday in BaliThe 3am phone call that taught me a crucial parenting lesson‘Like Black Mirror’: Live-streamed death spells trouble for Ed CravenPrimrose RiordanEd Craven’s Kick under fire for live-streaming man’s deathWrecked Rolls-Royce and a mysterious driver: court case has China agog