Apple Rejects Musk’s Claim of App Store Bias

Perplexity searches Chrome; Musk clashes with Apple

The Friday File: Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Perplexity made a $34.5 billion move on Chrome, Apple traded blows with Elon Musk over its App Store and US President Donald Trump cleared up issues with Intel’s CEO. Perplexity makes $34.5B Chrome bid What happened: Perplexity AI reportedly made a surprise $34.5 billion cash offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser, in a move that could serve as both a competitive …

Apple Denies Musk’s Claim of App Store Bias

Apple has dismissed claims made by Elon Musk that its App Store unfairly prioritises OpenAI’s ChatGPT over rival artificial intelligence tools, including his own chatbot Grok. Responding to questions from AFP, Apple insisted that its marketplace is “fair and free of bias,” stressing that app visibility is determined by charts, algorithmic recommendations, and curated lists based on objective criteria. The company said its mission was to provide …

Apple denies bias against Grok AI

Apple has responded to accusations from Elon Musk regarding the company suppressing xAI’s Grok AI chatbot by telling BBC News that App Store rankings are objective. The vendor provided BBC News with a statement in response to accusations of bias by Musk, which Apple denies. Musk appears disgruntled by a partnership between Apple and OpenAI to enhance its Siri personal assistant with the ChatGPT chatbot. In a series of posts on X in recent days, …

Apple rejects Musk’s claim of App Store bias

Elon Musk accused Apple of giving unfair preference to OpenAI's ChatGPT and threatened legal action.