Apple and OpenAI must face Elon Musk's lawsuit

In August Elon Musk sued Apple and OpenAI sued, for allegedly colluding to hinder his chatbot Grok. Apple allegedly makes it impossible for anything apart from ChatGPT to become number 1 in the App Store charts. This is a clear violation of antitrust law. The same allegedly applies to the client for his platform X, which is less successful than the former Twitter.

Although experts consider this accusation to be quite absurd and both Apple and OpenAI deny it. Nevertheless, the Federal Judge Mark Pittman in Texas has now ruled that the lawsuit is admissible. xAI is not only demanding better rankings via the App Store algorithm, but also access for Grok to Siri, Apple's voice assistant. Should Musk prevail with his lawsuit, the accused companies also face billions in damages. The judge did not explain why he made his decision, but all involved companies must now file motions and present arguments.

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