California: Tech mogul Elon Musk launched a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, on Monday.
As part of the lawsuit, he claimed that the two firms are working together in a monopoly, which is threatening his own AI business. Grok, a chatbot, is at a disadvantage in the market.
The Texas complaint claims that Apple is preventing other chatbots from outperforming ChatGPT in its App Store, which is hurting Musk's AI business, xAI. competitors like Grok that have access to the valuable user interactions that the program needs to get better.
Musk's lawsuit thus claims that Apple and OpenAI have monopolized markets in order to maintain their monopolies and stifle competition from innovators like X and xAI.
Apple would have no cause to refrain from giving the Grok app more exposure in its App Store if it weren't for its exclusive partnership with OpenAI.
Musk reaffirmed the lawsuit's claims in a subsequent post on his X platform, stating that @Grok received one million reviews with an average score of 4. 9. Apple continues to leave Grok out of all lists.
As part of its cooperation with OpenAI, Apple has incorporated ChatGPT into the operating system of its iPhones, iPads, and Macs. In response to Musk's first statement, Apple has done this. Two weeks ago, the company threatened legal action by asserting that its App Store is fair and impartial.
An OpenAI spokeswoman said in a statement that this recent filing fits with Mr. Musk's continuing harassment behavior.
What is the significance of Musk's AI case?
In the months after its debut in late 2022, OpenAI's ChatGPT became the quickest-growing consumer app ever.
With the goal of, Musk launched xAI a few months later, in March 2023, and paid $33 billion for X in March of this year. utilizing the platform to improve its chatbot training skills.
In xAI's view, a partnership between Apple, which holds 65% of the US smartphone market, and OpenAI, which controls 85% of the AI chatbot market, is monopolistic.
Because it is the first chance for US courts to determine if there is a defined market for artificial intelligence and what it might include, legal experts are monitoring the case carefully.
It serves as a warning as to how courts will approach AI, antitrust, and AI, according to Professor Christine Bartholomew of the The Reuters news organization was informed by the Buffalo School of Law.
