Apple rejects claims by Elon Musk on App Store favoring OpenAI

Apple has rejected Elon Musk’s accusations that its App Store is biased against AI apps that compete with OpenAI. The response comes after Musk threatened to sue Apple via xAI, claiming the iPhone maker was “behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store.” Apple and OpenAI entered a partnership last year to integrate the AI company’s models and ChatGPT into Apple products, like Siri and iOS. But there is no evidence that the App Store favors OpenAI over other AI companies — indeed, AI apps like Perplexity and DeekSeek have topped the App Store charts over the last year.