seeking a judge to reject xAI’s lawsuit targeting Apple and OpenAI. The initial lawsuit, as you may remember, claims that Apple operates as a monopolist and is leveraging its market dominance to support ChatGPT — through its agreement with OpenAI — in order to hinder competing AI applications from thriving in the App Store. The lawsuit further contends that iPhone users “have no alternative but to utilize ChatGPT, even if they would rather opt for more inventive and creative products like xAI’s Grok.”
If the legal argument seems intricate, it’s due to its nature. Apple asserts that the notion of requiring equitable treatment for every AI application lacks a legal basis. Additionally, the legal document states that there is no antitrust legislation mandating that Apple must collaborate with all AI chatbot applications, “irrespective of quality, privacy, or safety considerations, technical viability, development stage, or commercial conditions.”
Apple further contends that xAI’s assertion regarding favoritism towards ChatGPT is unfounded as it is “commonly understood that Apple plans to engage with other generative AI chatbots” in the forthcoming. Indeed, various reports have suggested that Apple might integrate Google Gemini into upcoming versions of iOS.
