'You Liar': Elon Musk and Sam Altman's War of Words Continues as Musk Threatens Legal Action Against Apple

Elon Musk said his AI company, xAI, would beryllium taking "legal action" against Apple successful a post connected X connected Monday evening. Musk accused Apple of "playing politics" for not putting Grok successful its "Must Have" section.

"Apple is behaving successful a mode that makes it intolerable for immoderate AI institution too OpenAI to scope #1 successful the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation," Musk wrote. "xAI will return contiguous ineligible action."

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Readers added organization notes to Musk's post, pointing retired that different apps, including Perplexity and Deepseek, person reached No. 1. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded connected X pinch claims of his ain — that he's "heard" Musk manipulates his companies to "harm his competitors and group he doesn't like."

This is simply a singular declare fixed what I person heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to use himself and his ain companies and harm his competitors and group he doesn't like. https://t.co/HlgzO4c2iC

It's the latest successful the years-long, back-and-forth drama betwixt the 2 tech CEOs. Apple has yet to publically comment.

Altman past linked retired to a 2023 report from Platformer, which accuses Musk of instructing engineers to boost his ain scope and engagement. Musk has denied the report.

"I dream personification will get counter-discovery connected this," Altman wrote, "I and galore others would emotion to cognize what's been happening. But OpenAI will conscionable enactment focused connected making awesome products."

But that was not the end. At 5:26 a.m. ET, Musk responded and called Altman a liar: "You sewage 3M views connected your bullshit post, you liar, acold much than I've received connected galore of mine, contempt maine having 50 times your follower count!"

Related: Sam Altman Says Elon Musk Is 'Clearly a Bully' Who Likes to Get successful Fights pinch Rivals

Last week, Musk and Altman traded jabs again, this clip aft Musk said OpenAI was "going to eat" its partner, Microsoft, alive.

When asked astir Musk's station during an quality connected CNBC's "Squawk Box", Altman responded pinch a short: "You know, I don't deliberation astir him that much."

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