Elon Musk’s accusation against Apple on the platform X is fueling more criticism. The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, didn’t hold back as the post directly targeted OpenAI. On August 12, Elon Musk posted a cryptic message indicating that Apple is showing favoritism by not ranking any AI company other than OpenAI at #1 on the platform. He also threatened Apple with legal action from his startup, xAI. The post took the internet by storm with more than 14.6 million views and an impressive 1,07,000 engagements. And Sam Altman’s reply alone garnered 4 million views and 25,000 people engaging with it.
What Made Elon Musk Post About Apple?
According to Elon Musk, he has long stood against Apple’s favoritism. Despite ‘X’ (a social media platform) being the world’s best news venue, App Store doesn’t suggest Grok in its “Must Have.” And now it is also happening with his new startup, xAI (the company behind the Grok chatbot).
Today (August 12), he took to the platform ‘X’ and posted, “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation.
xAI will take immediate legal action.”
One reason the post is drawing criticism is that Elon clearly mentioned OpenAI’s name. Although he vaguely referenced “competitors,” it still centers around his own AI chatbot, Grok.
Netizens on the platform ‘X’ slammed back at Elon, they all added their views and posted articles that supported their viewpoints.
People added that:
- Back in January, DeepSeek topped the #1 charts on the App Store.
- On July 18, Perplexity topped #1 on the platform.
OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, Reply To Elon Musk
Sam Altman openly calls out Elon Musk; he didn’t hold back at all.
He replied with, “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.”
This harsh reply saw a full-blown engagement: 2,400 comments, 2,600 shares, 26,000 likes.
Long-Standing Rivalry: Sam Altman Vs Elon Musk
The rivalry between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is a long-running rivalry. Notably, Elon Musk helped establish OpenAI but stepped away in 2018. Later, he launched his own AI company called xAI in March 2023. Since then, Elon Musk has continuously criticized OpenAI, and Altman has clapped back when he felt it was necessary.
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