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Elon Musk has announced plans to sue Apple, alleging that the tech giant is engaging in antitrust violations by favoring rival AI applications, particularly OpenAI’s ChatGPT, over his own AI chatbot app, Grok. Musk’s AI startup, xAI, claims that Apple’s App Store curation is biased, which prevents Grok from reaching the top of the rankings, a move Musk describes as politically motivated. Despite Musk’s claims, it’s noted that other AI chatbots, such as DeepSeek and Perplexity, have reached top positions in the past. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has criticized Musk for these allegations, suggesting that the claims are baseless and a reflection of Musk’s own manipulative practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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