Elon Musk Drops Apple From Antitrust Lawsuit But Keeps Legal Battle Against OpenAI Alive
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Musk drops Apple from antitrust suit but keeps gunning for OpenAI
Elon Musk is seemingly done attacking Apple over its decision to integrate ChatGPT into iPhone features. Back in 2024, when the partnership was first announced, Musk slammed the integration as an agreement from Apple to let OpenAI install "creepy spyware" on users' devices. The next year, he sued,
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SpaceXAI Dropped Its Antitrust Suit Against Apple. The Judge Demands to Know Why
Look, this is a free country, and there's no law that says you have to keep suing Apple for alleged antitrust after you start. But after X Corp. and SpaceXAI withdrew such a suit earlier this week, the judge in the case simply needs to know why. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman of the Fort
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xAI dismisses its Apple claims, with no terms disclosed and the OpenAI case still live
The conduct alleged, a phone maker favouring one chatbot inside its own operating system, sits inside a category the Digital Markets Act covers and has never once used xAI and X Corp asked a Texas judge to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple over the integration of ChatGPT into the
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Judge rejects OpenAI's bid to see X's confidential settlement with Apple in antitrust lawsuit
Judge Mark Pittman today rejected OpenAI's request to obtain X and SpaceXAI's confidential settlement agreement with Apple in their ongoing antitrust case. Here are the details. Judge says terms aren't relevant to the remaining case against OpenAI A few days ago, X and SpaceXAI informed the
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Musk Drops Apple Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Siri Deal, Keeps Suing OpenAI
Elon Musk's companies X Corp and SpaceXAI today asked the court to dismiss their claims in a lawsuit filed against Apple in 2025, reports Reuters. There was no explanation for the dismissal request or mention of a settlement. The filing also does not ask for the dismissal of claims against
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Elon Musk's SpaceXAI Decides It's No Longer Worried About Apple's iPhone Monopoly
After agreeing to somewhat of a truce with his AI rivals this weekend over the need to rein in the pace of AI development, Elon Musk now seems to be offering Apple an olive branch too. SpaceXAI, the AI division of Musk's SpaceX, filed paperwork Monday to drop its antitrust claims against Apple
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Judge scrutinizes Musk's move to drop Apple from antitrust lawsuit
Federal judge Mark Pittman wants details on any agreement that may have led Elon Musk's companies to drop their antitrust claims against Apple. Here are the details. Judge wants to see any Apple agreement Earlier this week, X and SpaceXAI submitted a motion to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice
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X and SpaceXAI move to drop Apple from antitrust lawsuit
X and SpaceXAI today filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss their claims against Apple in the antitrust lawsuit they brought against the company and OpenAI. Here are the details. Claims against Apple dropped, pending court approval Last year, Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI of colluding to keep
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Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI resolve antitrust lawsuit against Apple
In a court filing, X and SpaceXAI, a division of SpaceX, moved to dismiss the claims in a lawsuit they brought against Apple and OpenAI last year. The filing did not explain the reasons for dismissal or say whether a settlement had been reached. Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI said on Monday
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Elon Musk Makes Nice with Apple, Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit: Not Ready to Make Nice With OpenAI Yet - Ap
A lawsuit from Elon Musk's xAI and X Corp accusing Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and OpenAI of monopolistic practices took a sharp turn Monday. Musk's companies -- now under SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) -- dropped Apple from the suit but kept the pressure on OpenAI. xAI Changes Lawsuit In August 2025, Musk's
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Musk Firms Drop Apple Antitrust Suit but Continue Case Against OpenAI | PYMNTS.com
Those companies had accused Apple of favoring OpenAI's ChatGPT over other chatbot makers, but have now asked a federal judge for permission to voluntarily dismiss the case, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Sept. 14), citing a court filing. Still, the claims the companies made against OpenAI as part
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Musk's xAI and X Corp. settle antitrust case against Apple By Investing.com
Investing.com -- Elon Musk's xAI and X Corp. reached a settlement with Apple Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit and filed to dismiss the case on Monday, according to a report from Bloomberg. The two companies asked a federal judge in Texas to approve the voluntary dismissal. The lawsuit, originally
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Elon Musk's companies X Corp and SpaceXAI withdrew their antitrust lawsuit against Apple over ChatGPT integration into Siri, while maintaining claims against OpenAI. Judge Mark Pittman rejected OpenAI's request to review the confidential settlement, ruling it contains no information relevant to the ongoing case.
Musk Abandons Apple Claims While Targeting OpenAI
Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI have dropped their antitrust lawsuit against Apple, ending a legal battle that began in 2025 over the iPhone maker's ChatGPT integration
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. The companies filed a motion requesting dismissal with prejudice, meaning the claims against Apple cannot be refiled in the future5
. Notably, the filing made no mention of a settlement or explanation for the sudden withdrawal, while explicitly maintaining all claims against OpenAI2
.The Original Allegations Against Apple and OpenAI
The lawsuit against Apple accused the company of conspiring with OpenAI to dominate the AI market competition through monopolistic practices
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. Musk's companies alleged that Apple was deprioritizing competitors to ChatGPT in its App Store policies, particularly claiming that Grok chatbot was being illegally blocked from topping App Store rankings1
. The suit characterized the partnership as a "desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly," claiming Apple had been blindsided by major innovations in generative AI2
. Musk complained that Grok lacked the same iOS integration as ChatGPT enjoyed through Siri, seeking billions in damages for alleged stifling of AI industry innovation5
.Judge Denies OpenAI Access to Confidential Settlement
Judge Mark Pittman rejected OpenAI's emergency motion to obtain the confidential settlement agreement between Musk's companies and Apple
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. After conducting an in-camera review of the requested materials, Pittman ruled they "do not present information relevant to the issues to be decided at summary judgment or trial in this case"4
. OpenAI had argued the settlement terms could contain information relevant to its defense as the legal battle continues solely against the AI company4
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Strategic Implications and Ongoing Monopolization Claims
The dismissal suggests Musk may have obtained valuable intelligence through the litigation process. This summer, a court ordered Apple to hand over internal messages where employees discussed the OpenAI deal, evidence that may help Musk refine his calculations on how much of the chatbot market OpenAI supposedly sought to foreclose
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. Musk now plans to advance claims that OpenAI relied on the Apple deal—which Apple emphasized was never exclusive—to monopolize the chatbot market1
. OpenAI has consistently slammed the lawsuit as harassment as Musk's rival firm SpaceXAI races to catch up in the AI ecosystem1
.Market Dynamics and Regulatory Context
The conduct alleged in the lawsuit—a phone maker favoring one chatbot inside its operating system—falls within categories covered by the Digital Markets Act, though no virtual assistant has ever been designated under the regulation
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. The European Commission's April review declined to add AI as a new category, instead stating it will further assess whether some AI services need designation as virtual assistants3
. Meanwhile, Apple has diversified its AI partnerships, reportedly paying Google around $1 billion annually for Gemini to run Siri3
. Ironically, OpenAI itself has expressed feeling "burned" by the Apple integration, with executives anonymously telling Bloomberg they expected the deal could generate billions of dollars per year in subscriptions, but Apple allegedly designed features that made ChatGPT functionality hard to discover1
. Adding complexity to the AI market landscape, Apple sued OpenAI in July for trade secret theft, accusing the company and its hardware chief of coordinated efforts to take information about unreleased products3
. As the narrowed litigation heads to trial this fall, the case highlights escalating tensions over market dominance and collusion concerns in the rapidly evolving generative AI sector.References
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