Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI of "thwarting competition and innovation in the generative AI chatbot market" more than a year after the two companies partnered to integrate ChatGPT into Iphone operating systems, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence.The 61-page complaint filed in Texas federal court follows through on a threat that Musk made two weeks ago when he accused Apple of unfairly favoring OpenAI and ChatGPT in the iPhone's app store rankings for top AI apps.

Elon Musk-owned xAI on Monday sued tech giants Apple and OpenAI over an alleged scheme to illegally dominate the artificial intelligence industry through a collaboration that equipped iPhones with AI tools.