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X sues Apple, OpenAI in US over iPhone monopoly; billions in damages sought

By Khushita Vasant ( August 25, 2025, 22:59 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and OpenAI have been "working in tandem" to lock up the markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots through an exclusive, anticompetitive scheme by which ChatGPT is integrated into the iPhone operating system, a US lawsuit filed today by Elon Musk's X Corp. says. X and xAI said they've both been injured by this conduct, which makes ChatGPT the only AI chatbot available on iPhones, and this has already caused them "significant damages that will amount to billions of dollars in combined lost sales and enterprise values."Apple and OpenAI have been "working in tandem" to lock up the markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots through an exclusive, anticompetitive scheme by which ChatGPT is integrated into the iPhone operating system, a US lawsuit filed today by Elon Musk's X Corp. says....

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