Elon Musk feels that Apple prefers Openai over XAI in the application store categories

Elon Musk has accused Apple of “unambiguous violation to combat monopoly” by preferring Openai in the application store categories. In a post on X, it is Claim Apple has made it impossible for other artificial intelligence companies to reach the first rank in those classifications and that Xai “will take immediate legal measures.” Musk did not explain what this means, and it also did not provide evidence to prove the supposed Apple violation to combat monopoly.

in Earlier On the X that is currently installed at the top of his profile, however, he has put the Apple mark, and asks the company about the reason “(refuses) either X or Grok in (ITS)” must be “. What is given?” Continue. In a statement sent to Bloombergapple He denied any violations He said the application store is “designed to be fair and free from bias.” The spokesperson added: “We are displaying thousands of applications through the plans, algorithm recommendations and coordinated lists chosen by experts using objective standards. Our goal is to provide a safe discovery for users and precious opportunities for developers, and cooperate with a lot to increase the application of the application in advanced categories quickly.”

Meanwhile, Openai CEO Sam Al -Tamman Spread Moses accused X, describing it as a “remarkable claim”, given that he heard allegations that Musk is treating “X in favor of himself and his private companies and hurting his competitors and people who do not like them.” It should be noted that the Chinese AI Chatbot Deepseek Become the highest classification Free app on Apple App Store in January, bypassing even ChatgPT.

While Musk did not mention this, at Apple An ongoing partnership With openai. The company merged Chatgpt into Apple Intelligence to run the ingredient -based queries of its platforms. Recently, the company said that Apple Intelligence will benefit from the capabilities From Openai’s GPT-5 In iOS 26, iPados 26 and MacOS Tahoe 26, which is scheduled to arrive at some time in September.

Update, August 12, 2025, 8 pm East time: This story was updated to add a Microsoft statement.