A US federal judge has allowed Elon Musk’s xAI lawsuit to proceed, rejecting Apple and OpenAI’s request to dismiss the case, according to Bloomberg. Texas District Judge Mark Pittman ruled that both companies must proceed with the legal process and present detailed arguments to defend their positions.
Elon Musk’s xAI filed the lawsuit in August 2025, accusing Apple and OpenAI of collaborating to strengthen their control over the rapidly expanding AI market. The complaint followed Musk’s criticism that his platforms, X and the Grok chatbot, were left off the App Store’s “Must Have” list.
In the court filing, xAI claimed that Apple fell behind in the AI race and turned to OpenAI to maintain its dominance in the smartphone ecosystem. The case focuses on Apple’s deep integration of ChatGPT into Siri, which xAI claims gives OpenAI an unfair advantage because Apple has not provided comparable system-level access to other chatbot developers.
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While iPhone users can freely download AI apps such as Grok, xAI claims that standalone apps cannot compete with Siri’s ChatGPT integration for convenience and system access. The company also accuses Apple of minimising rival AI products’ App Store visibility and preventing Grok from accessing valuable iPhone user data by denying it the same integration.
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Apple and OpenAI responded in a joint filing earlier this month, claiming that the lawsuit is without merit and that Apple has no exclusive agreement preventing it from adding other chatbots to Siri in the future. However, we may have to wait to see how where this lawsuit goes and if the decision comes in the favour of Elon Musk and xAI.