In a noteworthy ruling, a federal judge has determined that the lawsuit initiated by Company X and xAI against Apple and OpenAI—accusing the latter of conspiring to monopolize the artificial intelligence (AI) market—will proceed in the Fort Worth federal court, despite the tenuous link between the parties involved and the Texas city. On Thursday, Judge Mark Pittman issued a pointed four-page decision, highlighting the tech companies' apparent eagerness to have the antitrust case heard in Fort Worth. In a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, he proposed that if these companies are so keen on Fort Worth being the venue, they might consider moving their headquarters there.
