xAI Sues Apple And OpenAI

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Elon Musk is taking his beef with Sam Altman AND Tim Apple to court. The Trump administration could sanction EU officials over the Digital Services Act. Spotify has added DMs. And Ben Thompson’s deep analysis of the whole Intel situation. Links: Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over AI competition, App Store rankings (Reuters) Exclusive: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say (Reuters) Spotify is adding DMs (The Verge) Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children (404Media) Intel says Trump deal has risks for shareholders, international sales (CNBC) U.S. Intel (Stratechery) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home for Tuesday, August 29th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today. Elon Musk is taking his beef with Sam Altman and Tim Apple to court. The Trump administration could sanction EU officials over the Digital Services Act. Spotify has added DMs and Ben Thompson's deep analysis of the
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1:22.7	XAI has sued Apple and OpenAI alleging their deal to integrate chat GPT into Apple devices,
1:29.1	stifles competition, and that Apple unfairly favors OpenAI in the App Store rankings.
1:35.3	Quoting Reuters, Apple and OpenAI have, quote, locked up market to maintain their monopolies
1:41.2	and prevent innovators like X and XAI from competing, the lawsuit said.
1:46.0	Apple, in partnership with OpenAI, has integrated ChatGBTGBT into its operating system for
1:49.7	iPhones, iPads, and Macs. If not for its exclusive deal with OpenAI, Apple would have no reason
1:55.1	to refrain from more prominently featuring the X app and the GROC app in its app store, the lawsuit
2:00.0	said. In the lawsuit, the lawsuit said.
2:04.6	In the lawsuit, XAI said it is seeking billions of dollars in alleged damages.
2:10.5	This latest filing is consistent with Mr. Musk's ongoing pattern of harassment, an open AI spokesperson said in a statement. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
2:16.5	Elon Musk later on Monday in a post on
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