OpenAI's bid to end Musk's Texas antitrust case tests Apple chatbot deal
By Alex Wilts and Mike Swift ( September 23, 2026, 22:13 GMT | Comment) -- OpenAI's attempts to fend off legal attacks from Elon Musk entered a new chapter in Texas late Tuesday as the company filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that no reasonable jury could find an exclusive agreement with Apple caused substantial foreclosure of competition in an alleged market for generative artificial-intelligence chatbots.OpenAI’s attempts to fend off legal attacks by Elon Musk entered a new chapter in a Texas federal court late Tuesday as the company moved for summary judgment, arguing that no reasonable jury could find that its agreement with Apple was exclusive or that it substantially foreclosed competition in an alleged market for generative artificial-intelligence chatbots....
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