Musk withdraws his lawsuit against Apple over AI competition

Technology billionaire Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against Apple, in which he accused the iPhone manufacturer of unfairly favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over competing chatbots.

Musk filed the lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, a little over a year ago, alleging that Apple was stifling competitors such as his own Grok chatbot by giving ChatGPT an unfair advantage.

Documents filed in court on Monday showed that the lawsuits against Apple had been settled, without providing details on how they were resolved. However, Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI remains ongoing.

Musk was among the early investors in OpenAI and has been engaged in a long-standing dispute with its CEO, Sam Altman.

Among other things, Musk accused Altman of illegally transforming OpenAI from an organization originally established as a non-profit into a for-profit company, and of benefiting from this change. A California jury ruled against Musk in that case.

Musk’s allegations against Apple centered on a partnership with OpenAI announced in 2024. Under this agreement, iPhone users and other Apple device owners can send queries that Siri cannot answer to ChatGPT.