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Musk firms sue Apple and OpenAI, alleging they hurt competition

The lawsuit takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate ChatGPT into the operating systems of its smartphones.

The lawsuit, filed in the US by X and xAI, takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate OpenAI's chatbot into the operating systems of its smartphones, an exclusive arrangement that it says violated competition law. The filing makes good on a threat Musk had lobbed against the two tech giants earlier this month, when he alleged that Apple favoured OpenAI in its app store rankings. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, Musk's firms claim "there is no valid business reason for the Apple-OpenAI deal to be exclusive" - arguing that the 2024 arrangement has made it harder to compete and gave OpenAI access to the prompts and activity of millions of Apple customers.

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