The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/01/apple-seeks-dismissal-of-lawsuit-brought-by-musk-over-openai-partnership/Apple has formally replied in court to a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk and his company xAI alleging anticompetitive behavior in Apple's decision to partner with xAI competitor OpenAI. Elon Musk's war with OpenAI has several fronts, one of which is an August lawsuit in which xAI is suing Apple for partnering with OpenAI, and for allegedly ranking OpenAI's ChatGPT higher in the Apple App store than Grok — which, if we had to guess, is based on actual popularity? The lawsuit claimed that Apple had joined forces with OpenAI "in a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly," and accused OpenAI of trying to establish its own monopoly in the chatbot re

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