Apple has denied Elon Musk’s accusation that it is favoring OpenAI in its App Retailer rankings and making it unattainable for different AI corporations to succeed in the highest. In a press release despatched to Bloomberg, Apple mentioned the App Retailer is “designed to be honest and freed from bias.” The corporate’s spokesperson defined that the App Retailer options “1000’s of apps by charts, algorithmic suggestions and curated lists chosen by specialists utilizing goal standards.” They added: “Our aim is to supply protected discovery for customers and beneficial alternatives for builders, collaborating with many to extend app visibility in quickly evolving classes.”
xAI founder Elon Musk accused Apple of “unequivocal antitrust violation” by favoring OpenAI in a submit on X, warning that his firm “will take rapid authorized motion.” In a separate submit from his risk, he requested Apple why it “[refuses] to place both X or Grok in [its] ‘Should Have’ part.” X, he mentioned, is “the #1 information app on this planet,” whereas Grok is ranked quantity 5 amongst all apps. “Are you taking part in politics? What provides?” he continued.
Musk did not present proof to again his accusations. It is also price noting that Chinese language AI app DeepSeek reached the highest of Apple’s free app rankings again in January, overtaking even ChatGPT. As X’s personal Group Notes additionally talked about in Musk’s submit, added hours after it went up, Perplexity reached the highest of total rankings in India’s App Retailer again in July. Each apps had been in a position to attain the highest of their respective lists manner after Apple and OpenAI introduced their partnership final 12 months.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to Musk’s accusation, as effectively. He mentioned it is a “outstanding declare,” on condition that he has heard allegations that Musk manipulates “X to profit himself and his personal corporations and hurt his rivals and folks he would not like.” In response, Musk posted: “Rip-off Altman lies as simply as he breathes.”
