Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple for not rating X or Grok amongst its prime apps

WASHINGTON — Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla, and X proprietor Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not that includes X and its Grok synthetic intelligence (AI) chatbot app in its prime beneficial apps in its App Retailer.Musk posted the feedback on X late Monday, saying, “Hey @Apple App Retailer, why do you refuse to place both X or Grok in your ‘Should Have’ part when X is the #1 information app on the planet and Grok is #5 amongst all apps? Are you enjoying politics? What offers? Inquiring minds wish to know”.Grok is owned by Musk’s AI startup xAI.Musk went on to say that “Apple is behaving in a way that makes it unimaginable for any AI firm in addition to OpenAI to achieve #1 within the App Retailer, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take fast authorized motion”.He gave no additional particulars.There was no fast remark from Apple, which has confronted varied allegations of antitrust violations in recent times.A federal decide lately discovered that Apple violated a court docket injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Video games.In April, European Union regulators fined Apple €500 million for breaking competitors guidelines by stopping app makers from pointing customers to cheaper choices exterior its App Retailer.Final 12 months, the EU fined the US tech large almost $2 billion (€1.8 billion) for unfairly favouring its personal music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling customers how they may pay for cheaper subscriptions exterior of iPhone apps.And in July, Spain's watchdog mentioned it was deepening its investigation into Apple over considerations that it had "unfair" necessities for builders searching for to get their apps on the corporate's App Retailer.As of early Tuesday, the highest app in Apple’s US App Retailer was TikTok, adopted by Tinder, Duolingo, YouTube, and Bumble. Open AI’s ChatGPT was ranked seventh. — Euronews

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