Elon Musk's companies sue Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of an 'anticompetitive scheme'

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Elon Musk looks toward his right in the Oval Office at the White House.
"Unfortunately, what choice do we have? Apple didn't just put their thumb on the scale, they put their whole body!" Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday.

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Musk tried to get Zuckerberg on board to buy OpenAI, says the AI company

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).

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Elon Musk's xAI empire is leaning into NSFW content. It's a risky move that could pay off.

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Ani the xAI companion and Elon Musk are pictured.
Elon Musk's xAI is embracing NSFW content. Experts told BI the move could be lucrative, but comes with significant risks.

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The cofounder of xAI is leaving the company. He says he's learned 2 main things from Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk next to xAI's logo on a phone
Elon Musk's xAI raised $6 billion

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Elon Musk said Apple made it 'impossible' for non-ChatGPT AI apps to top the App Store. DeepSeek would like a word.

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While ChatGPT has long dominated the App Store, both DeepSeek and Perplexity have gone No. 1.

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Elon Musk is threatening to sue Apple over Grok's App Store ranking and escalating his feud with OpenAI

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Elon Musk looks toward his right in the Oval Office at the White House.
"Unfortunately, what choice do we have? Apple didn't just put their thumb on the scale, they put their whole body!" Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday.

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Elon Musk's Grok is briefly suspended from Elon Musk's X

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Elon Musk said the time he spent on politics is "less than people would think."

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xAI has hired 14 Meta employees this year as the AI talent war rages on

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The xAI and Grok logos on the screen of a phone with Elon Musk out of focus in the background.
Elon Musk's xAI introduced Grok, its conversational AI it claims can match GPT 3.5.

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The top lawyer for Elon Musk's xAI just quit after saying he doesn't get to see his kids enough

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Elon Musk in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025
Elon Musk's Tesla registrations suffered a drop in Québec.

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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads to Grok to 'pay for those expensive GPUs'

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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok
Ads could soon come to xAI's chatbot.

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