Apple moves to dismiss Elon Musk's lawsuit over AI assistants
Apple is asking a court to toss out Elon Musk's lawsuit, which claims Apple unfairly boosts OpenAI's ChatGPT in its AI assistant and App Store—hurting rivals like Musk's own Grok chatbot.
Apple calls these claims "speculation on top of speculation," and points out its deal with OpenAI isn't exclusive, so other AI providers can join in too.
Musk hasn't shown real evidence that his products were harmed
Apple says it allows multiple AI apps and that there's no proof it shut out competitors or broke any laws.
According to the company, Musk hasn't shown real evidence that his products were harmed or that Apple created an illegal monopoly.
Legal fight could shape how tech companies work with AI partners
This legal fight could shape how big tech companies work with outside AI partners—and how fair those partnerships need to be.
However the court rules, it could set new ground rules for the whole industry as more companies race to add smarter AI features.