Musk Drops Apple From ChatGPT Antitrust Fight but Keeps OpenAI in Court

Musk Drops Apple From ChatGPT Antitrust Fight but Keeps OpenAI in Court
Elon Musk’s conflict with Apple began in 2024, when Apple announced plans to integrate ChatGPT into iPhone features. Musk attacked the arrangement as allowing OpenAI to install “creepy spyware” on users’ devices, then escalated the dispute the following year with an antitrust suit alleging that Apple and OpenAI had cornered access to Apple users’ AI prompts.

The complaint also reflected Musk’s frustration over app distribution. Last August, he alleged that Apple was making it impossible for any AI company other than OpenAI to reach No. 1 in the App Store — an accusation Apple disputed in court as a dangerous expansion of antitrust law. Apple argued that Musk’s companies do not make smartphones and therefore lacked a proper basis to pursue claims tied to the smartphone market.

On Monday, however, X and SpaceXAI filed to dismiss Apple from the case, saying they had “resolved their claims” against the iPhone maker. The filing offered no settlement terms or explanation, but it made one point unmistakable: the companies agreed not to bring the Apple claims again.

That is not a surrender in the larger battle. X and SpaceXAI expressly declined to dismiss their claims against OpenAI, preserving their theory that OpenAI used the Apple arrangement to monopolize the chatbot market. OpenAI has called the allegations baseless and characterized the litigation as harassment by a competitor racing to catch up.

The split outcome sharpens the case rather than ends it. Apple is out, at least permanently on these claims; OpenAI remains the target as the narrowed litigation heads toward a fall trial, potentially armed with Apple internal communications that Musk’s companies obtained during discovery.

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