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Elon Musk said Tuesday his social media platform X is working to fix its AI chatbot, Grok, after it sided with rival tech chief and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in an ongoing dispute with Musk, who threatened to sue Apple on Monday night over allegations it favors OpenAI in its app store.
The spat between Musk and Altman began Monday night, when Musk accused Apple of favoring OpenAI in the App Store. (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The spat was sparked when Musk alleged that Apple does not allow any AI company besides OpenAI to reach No. 1 in the App Store.
Altman responded by saying he had “heard” Musk boosted his own engagement on X, calling Musk’s allegation a “remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like.”
Altman linked to a story from tech news outlet Platformer claiming Musk pressured X engineers to make changes that would benefit engagement on his posts following the 2023 Super Bowl.
Grok, when asked by another X user to weigh in, sided with Altman, saying, “Musk has a history of directing X algorithm changes to boost his posts and favor his interests, per 2023 reports and ongoing probes.”
Musk called the claims “false defamatory statements” and said Grok gives way too much credibility to legacy media sources,” calling it a “major problem” X is working to fix, but also said it spoke to the integrity of the platform.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
