On August 13, tech news outlet 9to5Mac reported that Apple issued a response on Tuesday to allegations of monopolistic practices leveled by Elon Musk. The previous day, Musk had taken to social media platform X, accusing Apple of unfairly favoring OpenAI in App Store rankings, effectively barring other AI companies from reaching the top spot. Musk labeled this behavior as an "antitrust violation" and further threatened that his AI venture, xAI, would promptly initiate legal proceedings.