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Elon Sues Apple Over App Rankings
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Breaking News: Elon Musk is threatening legal action against Apple, accusing it of unfairly favoring OpenAIās ChatGPT in the App Store and sidelining his own AI app, Grok.
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Elon Musk says Apple is playing favoritesāand Grok is getting ghosted.
Muskās xAI plans to sue Apple for allegedly favoring ChatGPT in App Store rankings
Grok ranks #5 in the U.S. but isnāt featured in Appleās āMust Haveā section
OpenAIās Sam Altman claps back, accusing Musk of manipulating X for personal gain
Apple recently partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Musk claims this cozy relationship is locking out competitors like Grok and X.
ā ļø If Muskās antitrust claims stick, it could shake up how AI apps compete for visibilityāand spotlight Appleās gatekeeping power over what users discover.
š Reminder: DeepSeek and Perplexity also hit #1 this year, so the AI leaderboard isnāt totally locked.
An AI startup with half the valuation of its offer wants to own the worldās most-used browserāand the timing couldnāt be wilder.
Perplexityās $34.5B bid comes amid a court case that could force Google to sell Chrome
The startup is valued at just $18B but has major VC backing to fund the deal
Perplexity recently launched its own browser, signaling itās serious about taking on Big Tech
Google hasnāt said it wants to sell Chrome, but legal pressure could change that. The bid adds fuel to speculation that a breakup of Alphabet might actually happen.
š If Perplexity pulls this off, it would be one of the boldest moves in AI historyāand a massive shift in who controls the gateway to the internet.
ā Creators: Keep an eye on browser innovation. Perplexityās push could open doors for more AI-native browsing experiences.
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Anthropic joins OpenAI, Google, and xAI on the GSAās approved AI vendor list
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ā This isnāt just a discountāitās a strategic land grab. Anthropic is embedding Claude deep into federal workflows, locking in long-term relevance and trust.
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