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Musk's xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged Antitrust Violations

(Monday August 25, 2025 @11:28AM (msmash) from the escalating-tension dept.)


An anonymous reader shares a report:

> Elon Musk's AI startup xAI [1]sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence.

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> Musk earlier this month had [2]threatened to sue Cupertino, California-based Apple , saying in a post on his social media platform X that "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store."



[1] https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/elon-musks-xai-sues-apple-openai-over-ai-competition-app-store-rankings-2025-08-25/

[2] https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/12/1412224/musk-threatens-immediate-legal-action-against-apple-over-alleged-antitrust-violations



Space-Karen doesn't like to lose (Score:2, Insightful)

by nospam007 ( 722110 ) *

That's about it.

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by haruchai ( 17472 )

Why can't he build a superior free speech smartphone?

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by saloomy ( 2817221 )

He can't build a free speech social media app, a smartphone would be harder. There was a post that said: 4 words to ruin any dinner conversation.

I replied: Adolf Hitler was right!

His app said "Your post's visibility has been limited."

I felt warm/fuzzy first amendment vibes all over!

That litigious SOB (Score:2)

by FudRucker ( 866063 )

What more can I say, Some of Trump rubbed off on Musk?

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by shanen ( 462549 )

Mod parent funny, even though I don't think starving children to death is funny. Some people just think people who can't afford food deserve to starve?

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by saloomy ( 2817221 )

Mod parent funny, even though I don't think starving children to death is funny. Some people just think people who don't want to sacrifice everything they have for "God's chosen people" deserve to starve? - FTFY

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by sodul ( 833177 )

It will be interesting to see if Apple shoots back against Musk companies for patent infringement. Apple has a very large set of patients and their lawyers should be able to find quite a few to litigate with. One of the reasons companies have many patents is to have ammunition during a litigation war. Besides that, Apple has a lot more disposable cash than Elon companies do. I'm not even talking about stock market valuation.

Big waste of time (and money) (Score:2)

by CommunityMember ( 6662188 )

The only winners will be the lawyers.

The trouble with money is it costs too much!