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Elon Musk threatened to sue Apple on Monday, accusing it of antitrust violations over App Store rankings of his xAI-owned Grok chatbot app, according to CNBC. Musk accused Apple of blocking any AI company but OpenAI from reaching Number 1 in the App Store and said xAI will take immediate legal action. Musk questioned Apple for excluding X and Grok from its “Must Have” section despite their high rankings, suggesting the company may be “playing politics.” Apple, which faces separate DOJ antitrust litigation, did not respond to requests for comment. Before threatening Apple with legal action, Musk celebrated Grok surpassing Google to become the fifth most popular free app on the App Store. xAI declined to comment to CNBC on a potential lawsuit. CNBC confirmed ChatGPT ranked No. 1 in the U.S. iOS store and was the only AI chatbot in Apple’s “Must-Have Apps” section, with a featured link to download ChatGPT-5.

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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Elon Musk threatened to sue Apple on Monday,
00:04accusing him of antitrust violations over App Store rankings of his XAI-owned
00:08Grok Chatbot app.
00:10And according to CNBC, Musk accused Apple of blocking any AI company but OpenAI
00:14for reaching number one in the App Store, and said XAI will take immediate legal action.
00:19Musk questioned Apple for excluding X and Grok from its must-have section
00:23despite their high rankings, suggesting the company may be playing politics.
00:26Apple, which faces separate DOJ antitrust litigation,
00:30did not respond to requests for comment.
00:32For threatening, Apple with legal action must celebrate Grok's surpassing Google
00:36to become the fifth most popular free app on the App Store.
00:39XAI declined to comment on CNBC to a potential lawsuit.
00:42CNBC confirmed ChatGBT ranked number one in the U.S. iOS store
00:46and was the only AI chatbot in Apple's must-have app section.
00:50Feature a link to download ChatGBT 5.
00:52For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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