Apple Denies Musk's ChatGPT Favoritism Claims, Says App Store Has No Bias

Apple contiguous responded to Elon Musk's claims that the App Store favors OpenAI's ChatGPT app, telling Bloomberg's Mark Gurman that the ‌App Store‌ is "fair and escaped of bias."


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Yesterday, Musk threatened to writer Apple, and claimed that the institution was violating antitrust rules by favoring ChatGPT implicit different AI apps similar Grok. "Apple is behaving successful a mode that makes it intolerable for immoderate AI institution too OpenAI to scope #1 successful the ‌App Store‌, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI volition instrumentality contiguous ineligible action," Musk said.

Musk did not supply immoderate grounds oregon further accusation connected Apple's alleged antitrust violations, but helium seems to person missed that AI app DeepSeek hit fig one connected the ‌App Store‌ charts earlier this year. ChatGPT continues to beryllium successful the fig 1 presumption connected the escaped apps chart, with Grok successful the fig 5 spot. X is fig 32.

Musk besides claimed that Apple "refuses" to enactment the X oregon Grok apps successful the ‌App Store‌'s "Must Have" section, wherever ChatGPT is listed. Grok has precocious been updated with adult-themed contented that includes personage deepfakes, and it regularly makes headlines for its questionable Musk-guided responses to queries.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to Musk's claims of Apple favoritism by pointing retired that Musk has manipulated X algorithms to payment himself and his companies.

Apple is already facing an antitrust suit levied by the U.S. Department of Justice, and it is inactive appealing a caller ruling successful the Apple vs. Epic Games suit that required large ‌App Store‌ changes.
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