Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Decides It’s No Longer Worried About Apple’s iPhone Monopoly
SpaceXAI has filed a motion in Texas federal court to drop its antitrust claims against Apple, marking a significant de-escalation in the legal dispute. The filing requests dismissal with prejudice, indicating that the company will not pursue these specific claims against the iPhone maker again. While the lawsuit against OpenAI remains active, this move coincides with Apple's own recent legal actions against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft.
- ▪SpaceXAI filed paperwork in Texas federal court to dismiss its antitrust claims against Apple with prejudice.
- ▪The original lawsuit alleged that Apple and OpenAI conspired to monopolize the AI market by favoring ChatGPT on the App Store.
- ▪SpaceXAI has chosen to continue pursuing its claims against OpenAI while dropping the case against Apple.
- ▪Apple recently sued OpenAI and two former employees for stealing trade secrets related to manufacturing processes.
- ▪The filing did not specify how the dispute was resolved or if a settlement was reached.
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After agreeing to somewhat of a truce with his AI rivals this weekend over the need to rein in the pace of AI development, Elon Musk now seems to be offering Apple an olive branch too. SpaceXAI, the AI division of Musk’s SpaceX, filed paperwork Monday to drop its antitrust claims against Apple from a lawsuit it brought last year.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000811457","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"artificial-intelligence","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"artificial-intelligence","TAGS":"ai,apple,openai,spacexai","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); In a filing in Texas federal…
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