Fasten your seatbelts, kids (again).
Despite that detailed community note under Musk's post, he believes Apple's established connection with OpenAI has influenced the way it presents apps in the store, including "favoring" ChatGPT over Grok in its app rankings.
CNBC had more on the potential fight and its origins:
Apple last year tied up with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its iPhone, iPad, Mac laptop, and desktop products. Musk at that time had said that 'If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation.'
The latest round of animosity stemmed from the App Store's new rankings, where Musk found Grok to be conspicuously absent.
CNBC confirmed that ChatGPT was ranked No. 1 in the top free apps section of the American iOS store, and was the only AI chatbot in Apple's 'Must-Have Apps' section.
Prior to his legal threats against Apple, Musk had celebrated Grok surpassing Google as the fifth top free app on the App Store.
So Grok is popular enough to surpass Google, but Apple doesn't see it as a "must-have"?
Stay tuned for more on this looming confrontation.
P.S. Now check out our latest video 👇
