{"id":2478747,"date":"2025-08-25T20:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-x-sues-apple-and-rival-ai-company\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:13:33","slug":"elon-musks-x-sues-apple-and-rival-ai-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-x-sues-apple-and-rival-ai-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s X Sues Apple and Rival AI Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musks-x-sues-apple-and-rival-ai-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2478747&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. adn OpenAI, accusing them of forming a monopoly to maintain dominance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rapidly evolving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a> sector<\/a>. The lawsuit, brought by Musk&#8217;s companies xAI and X Corp. (formerly Twitter), claims that Apple was caught off guard by the rise of AI and now sees it as a threat to it&#8217;s business. It alleges that together, apple and OpenAI are working to suppress competition, notably targeting Musk&#8217;s ventures and innovations like the AI chatbot Grok. The suit argues that AI technologies are creating multifunctional platforms that could disrupt Apple&#8217;s smartphone monopoly. It also accuses OpenAI of abandoning its original mission and collaborating wiht Apple to block competitors in violation of antitrust laws. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-is-enough-san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\/\" title=\"\u2018Enough Is Enough\u2019: San Francisco Sues Its Own School District Over Re...Opening Plan\">lawsuit seeks<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restr...ning Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">permanent injunction<\/a> against these practices and important monetary damages.OpenAI dismissed the lawsuit as part of Musk&#8217;s ongoing pattern of harassment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Possibly tired of battling with President Donald Trump, mega-billionaire Elon Musk is turning to smaller targets.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of taking on the most powerful man in the world, he&rsquo;s tackling one of the world&rsquo;s largest companies and one of its best-known artificial intelligence pioneers.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s accusing Apple Inc. and OpenAI of being &ldquo;monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance in a world rapidly driven by the most powerful technology humanity has ever created.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Musk-lawsuit-Apple-OpenAI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the lawsuit<\/a> filed Monday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Musk&rsquo;s attorneys charge that Apple was &ldquo;blindsided&rdquo; by the surge of artificial intelligence and now recognizes the technology as &ldquo;an existential threat to its business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed by Musk companies xAI and X Corp. &mdash; the company once known as Twitter before Musk&rsquo;s purchase of it in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence, the lawsuit states, is making possible the rise of &ldquo;multi-functional platforms that offer many of the services of smartphones, such as social connectivity and messaging, financial services, e-commerce, and entertainment &mdash; that do not require a customer to be tied to a particular device.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In other words, super apps, like those being developed by X and xAI, stand ready to upend the smartphone market and Apple&rsquo;s entrenched monopoly in it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, OpenAI and its &ldquo;flagship&rdquo; ChatGPT service, the lawsuit states, has achieved dominance in the AI field and is willing to work with Apple to ensure that competitors &mdash; such as xAI&rsquo;s Grok &mdash; are thwarted before they become dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just like Apple, OpenAI has incentive to protect its monopoly by thwarting competition and innovation in the generative AI chatbot market. And just like Apple, it has done so in violation of the antitrust laws,&rdquo; the lawsuit declares.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-apple-openai-chatgpt-8cc360bd419894ad8c6bfdd79eb5693f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, OpenAI dismissed Musk&rsquo;s lawsuit in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This latest filing is consistent with Mr. Musk&rsquo;s ongoing pattern of harassment,&rdquo; OpenAI said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Musk was one of the founders of OpenAI in 2015. At the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/04\/openai-elon-musk-sam-altman-plan-to-set-artificial-intelligence-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wired<\/a> magazine called the project Musk&rsquo;s &ldquo;Wild Plan to Set Artificial Intelligence Free.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He left the group in 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/02\/21\/elon-musk-is-leaving-the-board-of-openai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> reported at the time, citing a potential conflict of interest between OpenAI and his artificial intelligence work on his Tesla electric vehicle company.<\/p>\n<p>He has since accused OpenAI of abandoning its core mission, and makes that accusation plain in Monday&rsquo;s lawsuit:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;OpenAI&rsquo;s rapid growth &mdash; fueled by the controversial business decisions for which it has been criticized and investigated &mdash; has so entrenched its dominance that it is now widely recognized that &lsquo;[t]his company, more than any other, has set the tone for the generative-AI era,&#8217;&rdquo; the suit states.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit includes a litany of actions Apple and OpenAI have undertaken to squelch competition &mdash; specifically against X and xAI &mdash; and asks the court for a &ldquo;permanent injunction enjoining Defendants from repetition of acts similar to the wrongful acts described above.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-slapped-with-50m-class-action-lawsuit-as-paul-vs-tyson-disaster-gets-worse\/\" title=\"Netflix Slapped with M Class...Action ... as Paul vs. Tyson Disaster Gets Worse\">seeks unspecified monetary damages<\/a>, but considering the companies involved, they&rsquo;re likely to be what most Americans would consider stratospheric.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Working in tandem, Defendants Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing,&rdquo; the lawsuit states in its opening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plaintiffs bring this suit to stop Defendants from perpetrating their anticompetitive scheme and to recover billions in damages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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