Ilon Musk declared war on Apple for monopoly practices for the benefit of Chatgpt in the App Store. The billionaire announced on Monday that the start -up company of Artificial Intelligence Xai will take legal action against Apple, accusing the iPhone manufacturer of violating antitrust regulations when managing the application in the digital app Store.

“Apple behaves in a way that makes it impossible for any artificial intelligence company other than Openai to reach the 1st place in the App Store, which is an undeniable violation of the antitrust regulation. XAI will take immediate legal measures »; Musk showed in a post on the X platform.

Musk did not provide evidence to support his claim. Apple, Openai and Xai did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for commentary.

The chatgpt He currently holds the top position In the “Top Free Applications” section of the US App Store, while XAI’s Grok ranks fifth and Google’s Chatbot Gemini is in 57th.

Chatgpt also leads the ranking on the Google Play Store, according to Sensor Tower data.

Apple maintains collaboration with Openai as it integrates chatgpt into iPhone, iPad and Mac.

“Well, @apple App Store, why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in the” necessary “section when X is the #1 world news app and Grok is #5 among all applications? Do you play politically? “, Musk questioned in his previous post on Monday.

“Unfortunately, what choice do we have?” Musk later added to a post for the lawsuit. “Apple didn’t just put her thumb in the scales, she put her whole body!” He noted, accusing the powerful group of two meters and two weights in favor of Chatgpt.

Musk comments come as regulators and opponents intensify Apple’s control control on its App Store.

In April, a US judge ruled that Apple had violated a judicial order requiring more competition in its App Store and referred the company to federal prosecutors for investigation into a case lasted by Epic Games, a company of the popular Fortnite game.

In April Apple was fined € 500 million by the EU competent authority to combat competition, which stated that its technical and commercial restrictions prevented applications from directing users to cheaper offers outside the App Store, violating the Digital Market Law.