AUSTIN, TEXAS (VINnews)-Elon Musk is accusing Apple of manipulating its App Store rankings to sideline his AI app, Grok. Musk said Grok is ranked No. 5 overall but omitted from Apple’s “Must-Have” list, while rival OpenAI receives prominent placement.
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“Apple didn’t just put their thumb on the scale — they put their whole body,” Musk wrote on X.
Musk also noted that X ranks No. 1 globally for news, yet both X and Grok are absent from Apple’s curated lists. His company, xAI, vowed immediate legal action, signaling a potential showdown in Silicon Valley.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded sharply to Musk’s accusations, saying, “This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like.”
Apple has not publicly responded to the allegations.