Ex-Human sues Apple for $500,000 over App Store removals
Ex-Human, an AI startup, is suing Apple after its apps, Botify AI and Photify AI, were pulled from the App Store. Ex-Human says this cost it $500,000 in lost revenue.
Apple claimed the apps broke its rules with dishonest or fraudulent activity, but Ex-Human argues there was no proof and believes Apple just wanted to cut out competition for its own Image Playground feature.
Ex-Human apps remain on Google Play
Even though they're off Apple's App Store, Ex-Human's apps are still up on Google Play and licensed to partners like Grindr.
Before the ban, the company was making over $400,000 a month and had even been called a high-growth developer by Apple.
However, reports surfaced about Botify AI generating explicit content with chatbots impersonating minors and Photify AI allowing unauthorized revealing images: issues Ex-Human says were not properly filtered by moderation systems.